EXAMPLE: My sister is a hard-working and sometimes ruthless executive, and when she says she wants to accomplish something, she means business. 我妹妹是位工作努力，有时很玩命的高管，当她说要做到什么事，她是认真的。  2013-08-19

EXAMPLE: The supervisor reminds the workers about the need for safety so often that he starts to sound like a broken record.监管经理不停提醒工人安全，就像坏掉的唱片一样喋喋不休。  2013-08-16

EXAMPLE: Beautiful old furniture can show some wear and tear regardless of how it is taken care of.不管怎么保养，漂亮的旧家具都会出现磨损。  2013-08-15

EXAMPLE: The boss is sold on my ideas for several new products, so I think we will start production of them soon.老板相信了我对几种新产品的点子，所以我认为，我们将很快开始生产它们。  2013-08-14

EXAMPLE: My take on the global economy is that it will gradually improve this year.我对全球经济的看法是今年将逐步改善。  2013-08-13

EXAMPLE: Our plan to move into new offices next month is in the works, and we don’t anticipate any problems.我们下个月搬进新办公室的计划正在进行中，预计不会出任何问题。  2013-08-12

EXAMPLE: We want to have plenty of money in the bank and no debts so we can start our new business on a solid footing.我们想在银行里有很多钱，同时没有负债，这样我们才有创业的稳固基础。  2013-08-09

EXAMPLE: My sister has been dieting so much lately that now she is only skin and bones.
我妹妹最近节食过度，现在变得骨瘦如柴。
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EXAMPLE: The mechanic fixing my car was very slow, which annoyed me, and I told him “I haven’t got all day!”
修理我汽车的技师工作太慢，惹恼了我，我对他说：“我可没空等你！”  2013-08-07

EXAMPLE: I tell my son he must finish his homework before he plays basketball because I believe in doing first things first
我对儿子说，在打篮球之前必须写完家庭作业，因为我认为，重要的事情要先做！  2013-08-06

EXAMPLE: The dishonest owner of the only hotel in the remote mountain town often takes unwary tourists to the cleaners by doubling his prices for services.
这处偏远山区里唯一宾馆的心术不正的老板经常加收一倍的服务费，骗取毫不知情的旅游者的钱。  2013-07-19

EXAMPLE: The team of young doctors plumbed the depths of medical research in order to find a cure for the mysterious disease.
为找到关于这种神秘疾病的疗法，这支由青年医生组成的团队进行了深入的医学研究。
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EXAMPLE: The huge, previously lucrative silver mine began to peter out after a while, and it produced less and less each year until it finally closed.
这座从前利润很高的大型银矿在一段时间以后开始萎缩，产量一年比一年少，直到最后关闭。
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EXAMPLE: When I was young, I was lazy, but then I realized that money doesn't grow on trees, and if I wanted to be rich I needed to work hard.
我年轻时很懒，但后来我知道，钱不是从天上掉下来的。要想发财，就得努力工作。  2013-07-16

EXAMPLE: When someone in our office suggested we needed to reorganize our files, our manager said well, no time like the present"and we started at once.
办公室里有人提出，我们需要整理一下文件，经理说：“好，现在就干吧。”我们马上动手。  2013-07-15

EXAMPLE: I didn't think I would like the strange food in the countries I visited on vacation, but I discovered that a lot of it was not half bad, and now I miss it.
我原以为，我不会喜欢上在度假期间所游玩的国家的奇怪食品，但我发现很多食物还不错，现在我怀念它们了。
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EXAMPLE: If they can afford it, many executives and their families prefer to live in bedroom communities outside the crowded large cities where they work.
只要有钱，很多经理和他们的家人都喜欢居住在他们工作的拥挤大城市外的近郊居住区。  2013-07-11

EXAMPLE: The new hotels in the cities I visit on business nowadays are vastly superior to the shabby old places I used to stay.
如今，这些城市里的新酒店比我过去住的那些破旅馆好得多。  2013-07-03

EXAMPLE: I like to eat well, so when I travel on business I like to scope out the restaurants around my hotel.
我要吃好的，所以出差时，我喜欢在酒店周边认真搜索餐厅。  2013-07-02

EXAMPLE: Everybody is raving about the new movie with my favorite actor, so I want to see it this weekend.
每个人都在热议这部有我最喜欢的演员参演的新电影，所以我这个周末想去看它。  2013-07-01