3月15日商务英语

outbreak['autbreik]

爆发（名词）

(noun) A sudden occurrence of something very negative. (NOTE: often used in reference to a disease, or to violence)

EXAMPLE: An outbreak of the mysterious disease was reported yesterday in the city, and three people have died already.

有报导称，昨天这座城市爆发了一种神秘的疾病，已有三人死亡。

to be not half bad

没有想象的差

To be not as bad as might have been expected.

EXAMPLE: Most formal receptions bore me, but the event I went to yesterday was not half bad.

大多数正式招待会都让我厌烦，但昨天我参加的活动没有想象的差。