商务英语：今日热词——逐渐消失
《财富》（中文版）
2013年07月17日
EXAMPLE: The huge, previously lucrative silver mine began to peter out after a while, and it produced less and less each year until it finally closed.
这座从前利润很高的大型银矿在一段时间以后开始萎缩，产量一年比一年少，直到最后关闭。
这座从前利润很高的大型银矿在一段时间以后开始萎缩，产量一年比一年少，直到最后关闭。
今日单词：
| 单词 | globe-trotter |
| 中文释义 |
全球漫游者（名词，非正式） |
| 英文释义 |
(noun, INFORMAL) A person who travels to many different countries. |
| 例句 |
EXAMPLE: My brother the journalist is a globe-trotter who has lived and worked in more than a dozen countries. 我的当记者的弟弟是个全球漫游者，在十几个国家中生活和工作过。 |
今日短语：
| 短语 |
to peter out |
| 中文释义 |
逐渐消失 |
| 英文释义 |
Phrasal verb meaning to decline gradually; to fade slowly but completely; to lose size or energy. |
| 例句 |
EXAMPLE: The huge, previously lucrative silver mine began to peter out after a while, and it produced less and less each year until it finally closed. 这座从前利润很高的大型银矿在一段时间以后开始萎缩，产量一年比一年少，直到最后关闭。 |
