商务英语：今日热词——唇枪舌剑般争论

欺骗，圈套

(noun) Deceit; a clever but devious strategy (NOTE: usually negative)

例句

EXAMPLE: If your product is good and your marketing is efficient, then artifice is neither needed nor appropriate for sales success.

如果你的产品好，市场营销又有效，那么对于取得销售成功而言，设圈套既不必要，也不适宜。

描绘

(INFORMAL) To exchange clever but severely critical, sometimes rude remarks in a debate with an opponent.

EXAMPLE: The two rivals on our board of directors often like to trade barbs at private company meetings.

我们董事会上的两个对头经常在公司内部会议上唇枪舌剑地交锋。