EXAMPLE: I only had time to leaf through the recent report before I left my office, but it looked significant and I will study it more carefully tomorrow.
我下班后才有时间看看最近的报告，但它看来很重要，我明天会认真研究一下。  2013-06-28

EXAMPLE: The unfriendly sales representative I spoke with yesterday seemed hurried and distracted, so I'm not so sure he was on the up and up.
这位昨天与我交谈的不友好的销售代表看上去慌慌张张，注意力不集中，所以我不太肯定他是否在讲实话。  2013-06-27

EXAMPLE: I was worried about my interview yesterday, but it was a breeze, and today the company offered me a job.
昨天的面试曾经让我担心不已，但最后却很轻松，今天这家公司给了我工作机会。
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EXAMPLE: Designing the complicated new product challenged us at first, but we'ree over the hump now, and all should go well.
设计这款新产品一开始很困难， 但现在， 我们已经度过了最困难的阶段， 应该一切顺利了。  2013-06-25

EXAMPLE: My friend is earning some hard coin with his popular new business, and he will soon buy a new house and a luxury car.
我朋友通过做热门生意赚了大钱，他很就要买一套新房子和一部豪车了。  2013-06-24

EXAMPLE: My younger sister, who is studying for an MBA, always likes to shoot for the stars, and so she intends someday to become the president of a major company.
我的妹妹正在攻读MBA学位，总是喜欢胸怀大志，她打算将来成为一家大公司的总裁。  2013-05-31

EXAMPLE: Working all weekend, day and night, the young marketing director really knocked himself out to make an impressive presentation at our meeting Monday morning.
经过了整个周末没日没夜的工作，这位年轻的营销总监终于努力在我们周一的晨会上做了一个精彩的演讲。  2013-05-30

EXAMPLE: After being director of my company’s international sales division for five years, I have had my fill of travel, and now want to work closer to home.
在公司的国际销售部当了5年的总监，我对出差已经腻了，现在我想在离家更近的地方工作。  2013-05-29

EXAMPLE: The news was so bad that our company’s tense but normally quiet president began to shout and to come unglued.
这则消息实在糟糕，就连我们公司在紧张时通常能保持镇定的总裁也开始大喊大叫，情绪失控。  2013-05-28

EXAMPLE: For weeks the board of directors engaged in a knock-down, drag-out dispute over the selection of a new company president, and many board members felt resentful when it was over.
数周以来，董事会一直就公司新董事长的人选进行激烈而持久的争论，很多董事在争论停止后仍感到不满。  2013-05-27

EXAMPLE: We need more feet on the street when we launch our new product next month, so our company wants to hire a lot of new sales representatives immediately.
下月发布新产品的时候，我们需要更多的干将，因此公司想要马上新招大量的销售代表。  2013-05-24

EXAMPLE: Increased demand for consumer electronic devices has resulted in a higher derived demand for semiconductors.
对消费电子产品的需求增加，导致了对半导体的衍生需求的增加。  2013-05-23

EXAMPLE: The taciturn old banker is a tough cookie who refuses to compromise in any negotiation.
这位沉默寡言的老银行家是个顽固的家伙，在任何谈判中都拒绝妥协。  2013-05-22

EXAMPLE: If the construction company works seven days a week on their huge project, and doesn’t hit any big problems, there’s a fighting chance it can be finished before the deadline.
如果这家建筑公司的工人们在他们的大项目上每周工作7天，并且不碰到任大问题，那他们努把力还是有可能在期限之内完成这个项目的。  2013-05-21

EXAMPLE: When new executive positions become available, women always have a fair shake at our company, and as a result, we attract some of the country’s most capable women executives.
每当我们公司出现新的高管职位空缺时，女性总能享有平等机遇。结果，我们吸引了一些全国最能干的女性高管。  2013-05-20

EXAMPLE: I listened politely to my friend's tempting suggestion that we play golf today instead of going to work, but I said to him "Thanks, but no thanks," and smiled.
我有礼貌地聆听朋友的今天不上班去打高尔夫的诱人建议，但我对他说：“谢谢，但还是算了吧”，然后冲他一笑。  2013-05-17

EXAMPLE: We need to hire managers with street smarts, not just knowledge that they gained in university business classes.
我们需要招的新经理，不能只有从大学商业课上学来的知识，还要有实战能力。  2013-05-16

EXAMPLE: The old truck has been out of commission for several years, and will need a new engine and new tires before it can be used again.
这辆卡车已经好几年没法用了，要再用起来，需要新的发动机和新的轮胎。  2013-05-15

EXAMPLE: His successful business and wise investments made my previously poor cousin into a man of means.
成功的生意和聪明的投资把我以前贫穷的表弟变成了有钱人。  2013-05-14

EXAMPLE: My colleague forgot to bring something he promised me, but I said to him "Relax! Don't sweat it."because he looked so worried.
我的同事忘记带他答应我要带的东西，但由于他看起来太郁闷了，我对他说：“放松！别太担心了。”  2013-05-13