商务英语:今日热词——破坏
《财富》(中文版)
2014年10月31日
EXAMPLE: The small country's cruel dictator quashed all resistance to his regime.
这个小国家的残酷独裁者镇压了对他的政权的所有抵抗。
这个小国家的残酷独裁者镇压了对他的政权的所有抵抗。
今日单词:
单词 |
quash |
中文释义 |
破坏(及物动词) |
英文释义 |
(transitive verb) To crush; to suppress; to destroy completely, possibly using violence. |
例句 |
EXAMPLE: The small country's cruel dictator quashed all resistance to his regime. 这个小国家的残酷独裁者镇压了对他的政权的所有抵抗。 |
今日短语:
短语 |
to laugh something off |
中文释义 |
不当回事 |
英文释义 |
To not take something seriously; to dismiss the importance of something by laughing at it. |
例句 |
EXAMPLE: My brother is afraid of doctors, so yesterday when he became dizzy and fell down, he laughed it off and didn't go to the hospital. 我兄弟害怕看医生,所以昨天当他感到头晕并跌倒时,他并不当回事,也不去医院。 |