商务英语：今日热词——马屁精
《财富》(中文版)
2014年09月16日
EXAMPLE: The arrogant boss expected his employees to be humble flunkies who never questioned his orders or his frequently poor decisions.
这位傲慢的老板希望员工都是卑贱的马屁精，永远不质疑他的命令或是他经常做出的糟糕决策。
这位傲慢的老板希望员工都是卑贱的马屁精，永远不质疑他的命令或是他经常做出的糟糕决策。
今日单词：
| 单词 |
flunky |
| 中文释义 |
马屁精（名词） |
| 英文释义 |
(noun) A person who does insignificant tasks and is insincerely eager to please or obey his or her employer. |
| 例句 |
EXAMPLE: The arrogant boss expected his employees to be humble flunkies who never questioned his orders or his frequently poor decisions. 这位傲慢的老板希望员工都是卑贱的马屁精，永远不质疑他的命令或是他经常做出的糟糕决策。 |
今日短语：
| 短语 | dumb as a stump |
| 中文释义 |
呆若木鸡（俚语） |
| 英文释义 |
(SLANG) Describing the condition of being extremely stupid. |
| 例句 |
EXAMPLE: Some of the questions I was asked in my job interview yesterday were so difficult that I felt dumb as a stump when I attempted to answer them. 昨天的求职面试有些问题实在太难，我在回答的时候呆若木鸡。 |
