商务英语：今日热词——好管闲事的
我爱舅妈，但她总在我的职业方面向我提苛刻的建议，还给我介绍陌生人，想让我结婚，这令我感到恼火。我觉得她是个好管闲事的人。
今日单词：
| 单词 | meddler |
| 中文释义 |
好管闲事的 |
| 英文释义 |
(noun) A person who interferes inappropriately in the personal concerns and lives of other people. |
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例句 |
EXAMPLE: While I love our aunt, she annoys me by always giving me stern advice about my career and introducing me to strange people she wants me to marry. I think she is a meddler. 我爱舅妈，但她总在我的职业方面向我提苛刻的建议，还给我介绍陌生人，想让我结婚，这令我感到恼火。我觉得她是个好管闲事的人。 |
今日短语：
| 短语 | to conk out |
| 中文释义 |
1.失灵（非正式） 2.突然睡着（非正式） |
| 英文释义 |
1. (INFORMAL) To fail and to stop functioning. (NOTE: used in reference to machinery) 2. (INFORMAL) To fall asleep suddenly and deeply. |
| 例句 |
EXAMPLE: 1.The bus I usually take conked out this morning, and so I had to walk to work, which made me late. 今天早上，我乘坐的公交车突然发生故障，我只得走着上班，结果迟到了。 2.I was so tired when I got home from work last night that I went to bed and conked out without reading or watching TV. 我昨夜下班回来实在太累了，以至于既没看书也没看电视，躺在床上就睡着了。
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