商务英语:今日热词——1.定制的;2.表明
1.EXAMPLE: Wealthy executives often buy expensive suits from a bespoke tailor whose clothes fit each of his clients perfectly.有钱高管通常从一位定制裁缝那里购买昂贵的西服,这位裁缝给客户做的每件衣服都极为合身。2.EXAMPLE: The stately row of trees and marble statues along the road to the old house bespoke great wealth.通向这座老宅的道路两边的参天大树和大理石雕像表明这是巨富之家。
今日单词:
单词 |
bespoke |
中文释义 |
1.定制的(形容词);2.表明(及物动词) |
英文释义 |
1. (adjective) Custom-made; produced for the needs of one specific customer or user. 2. (transitive verb) Past tense form of“bespeak”meaning“to imply, reveal, or give evidence of”. (NOTE: Past participle is “bespoken”) |
例句 |
1.EXAMPLE: Wealthy executives often buy expensive suits from a bespoke tailor whose clothes fit each of his clients perfectly. 有钱高管通常从一位定制裁缝那里购买昂贵的西服,这位裁缝给客户做的每件衣服都极为合身。 2.EXAMPLE: The stately row of trees and marble statues along the road to the old house bespoke great wealth. 通向这座老宅的道路两边的参天大树和大理石雕像表明这是巨富之家。 |
今日短语:
短语 |
down-to-the-wire |
中文释义 |
直到最后(成语) |
英文释义 |
(IDIOM)Describing something only being completed, decided, or known at the last possible minute. |
例句 |
EXAMPLE: The carpenters and other employees at the new hotel struggled day and night to be ready for its grand opening, but the painters worked down-to-the-wire, and in some rooms, the paint was still slightly wet. 为了新宾馆的盛大开业,木工和其他工人日夜苦干,而油漆工直到最后还在工作,有些房间里的油漆还有些湿。 |