商务英语：今日热词——不能得出结论的（形容词）
《财富》(中文版)
2014年02月21日
EXAMPLE: The doctors tried to find the cause of the mysterious illness, but all their laboratory tests were inconclusive.
医生们试图找出这种怪病的原因，但他们实验室的所有检测都无法得出结论。
医生们试图找出这种怪病的原因，但他们实验室的所有检测都无法得出结论。
今日单词：
| 单词 | inconclusive |
| 中文释义 |
不能得出结论的（形容词） |
| 英文释义 |
(adjective) Not resulting in complete or definite proof; leading to no final result. |
| 例句 |
EXAMPLE: The doctors tried to find the cause of the mysterious illness, but all their laboratory tests were inconclusive. 医生们试图找出这种怪病的原因，但他们实验室的所有检测都无法得出结论。 |
今日短语：
| 短语 | to get down to brass tacks |
| 中文释义 |
讨论实质问题（成语） |
| 英文释义 |
(IDIOM) To address the basic and most important details of a problem, disagreement, or complicated problem. |
| 例句 |
EXAMPLE: The owners of the two rival companies knew they needed to resolve their dispute, so they had a meeting, and when they got down to brass tacks they found a solution to their problem. 这两家竞争企业的老板知道，他们需要解决争端。因此，他们开了一次会，讨论了实质问题，并找到了问题的解决办法。 |
