商务英语：今日热词——下滑
由于全球经济衰退，这家昂贵的濒海饭店的生意近些年一路下滑。
今日单词：
| 单词 | confabulation |
| 中文释义 |
1.正式谈话（名词）；2.虚构（名词）） |
| 英文释义 |
1. (noun) An informal conversation, often centered on the exchange of information or new ideas. 2. (noun) An imagined memory invented by someone to fill in gaps in what is remembered. |
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例句 |
EXAMPLE 1: The boss took time every day to have little confabulations with workers at all levels of his company to understand their concerns and hear their thoughts. 老板每天都花时间和公司各级员工进行简短的谈话，了解他们的想法和关心的问题。 EXAMPLE 2: My elderly uncle has forgotten much of his life as an adventurous young man, but he fills his stories with many humorous and clever confabulations. 我年迈的叔叔已经忘掉了大部分年轻时代的冒险生活，但他给自己的经历添加了很多幽默和巧妙的虚构情节。 |
今日短语：
| 短语 | on a slide |
| 中文释义 |
下滑（非正式） |
| 英文释义 |
(INFORMAL) Diminishing or declining. |
| 例句 |
EXAMPLE: Business at the expensive seaside hotel has been on a slide in recent years because of the global recession. 由于全球经济衰退，这家昂贵的濒海饭店的生意近些年一路下滑。 |
