商务英语:今日热词——百岁老人
《财富》(中文版)
2014年03月15日
EXAMPLE: People born in our village are famous for their longevity; my mom often has several neighbors who are spry centenarians.
我们村子出生的人以长寿著称;在我妈妈的邻居里,总有几位充满活力的百岁老人。
我们村子出生的人以长寿著称;在我妈妈的邻居里,总有几位充满活力的百岁老人。
今日单词:
单词 |
Centenarian |
中文释义 |
百岁老人 |
英文释义 |
(noun) A person who is more than one hundred years old. |
例句 |
EXAMPLE: People born in our village are famous for their longevity; my mom often has several neighbors who are spry centenarians.
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今日短语:
短语 |
smoking gun |
中文释义 |
确凿证据 |
英文释义 |
(SLANG) Undeniable physical evidence that a crime or misdeed has been committed. |
例句 |
EXAMPLE: We discovered that our accountant was stealing from us; the smoking gun was a security video of him secretly destroying important financial records after our office was closed. 我们发现会计在偷钱,确凿证据是安全摄像头记录到,在我们下班后,他在偷偷地销毁重要的财务数据。 |