6月4日商務英語

cantankerous [k?n't??k?r?s]

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壞脾氣的，愛吵架的（形容詞）

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(adjective) Disagreeing with everything; quarrelsome; ill-tempered.

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EXAMPLE: Nothing pleased the cantankerous old man who ran the company and many of his new employees resigned after a few months, exhausted by his insults and criticisms.

什么事也不能讓這個管理公司的壞脾氣老人高興，許多新員工被他的羞辱和批評折騰得筋疲力盡，入職數月即辭職。

king of the hill

業界巨擘（非正式表達法）

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(Informal expression) Referring to a person or group that is the most successful and influential in its field.

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EXAMPLE: Our company is king of the hill now that we have a larger product inventory and higher annual earnings than all of our competitors.

我們公司是業界巨擘，因為我們的產品庫存和每年的盈利超過了所有競爭對手。