5月12日商務英語

worrywart ['w?riw?:t, 'w?:-]

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杞人憂天

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(noun, SLANG) A person who worries habitually and needlessly.

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EXAMPLE: My cousin is a worrywart who never enjoys vacations because he's always imagining possible disasters that may occur while he's away from his job.

我的堂兄弟經常杞人憂天，從來沒有好好度過假，因為他總在想象，他脫手工作后可能出什么大問題。

retail elephant

賣場中的大商戶（俚語）

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(SLANG) A large retail store which dominates smaller stores in a commercial center, such as a shopping mall.

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EXAMPLE: We want to locate our new little store as close as possible to the mall's huge retail elephant where so many people congregate.

我們想把這家新開的小店盡可能設在離這家賣場的大戶更近的地方，那里聚集了很多人。