商务英语：今日热词——滞留
今晨码头的混乱使这艘船无法在中午出发，滞留了好几个小时才最终离港。
今日单词：
| 单词 | demurrage |
| 中文释义 |
1.滞留 2. 滞留费 |
| 英文释义 |
1. (noun) The state of cargo kept on a ship or vehicle which is delayed beyond its scheduled time of departure. 2. (noun) Money paid by a shipper to a customer when a shipment is delayed, particularly if delivery was promised by a certain date. |
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例句 |
EXAMPLE: 1.Confusion on the dock this morning kept the ship from leaving at noon, and so it incurred several hours of demurrage before finally leaving port. 2.Employees of our transportation load cargo quickly so shipments always leave on time and we can avoid having to pay demurrage. 1.今晨码头的混乱使这艘船无法在中午出发，滞留了好几个小时才最终离港。 2.我们负责运输的员工迅速装货，货物总能按时发出，我们得以避免支付滞留费。 |
今日短语：
| 短语 | left-handed compliment |
| 中文释义 |
无诚意的恭维(俚语） |
| 英文释义 |
(SLANG) An insult disguised as an ambiguous, insincere compliment. |
| 例句 |
EXAMPLE: My sarcastic friend is always jealous, and so he only makes left-handed compliments when one of our friends has a good experience. 我的好讽刺的朋友总是心怀妒忌，当我们的一位朋友有了一段好事，他只是毫无诚意的恭维了一下。 |
