商務英語:今日熱詞——惹惱
《財富》(中文版)
2014年02月25日
EXAMPLE 1: My fussy old uncle’s complaints nettle everyone in our family, and it is difficult to endure his visits.
我的性急老叔的抱怨惹惱了家里的每個人,大家很難忍受他的到來。
我的性急老叔的抱怨惹惱了家里的每個人,大家很難忍受他的到來。
今日單詞:
| 單詞 | nettle |
| 中文釋義 |
1.惹惱(及物動詞);2.蕁麻(名詞) |
| 英文釋義 |
1. (transitive verb) To irritate persistently. 2. (noun) Any of a variety of stinging plants (genus Urtica) that cause skin irritation on contact. |
| 例句 |
EXAMPLE 1: My fussy old uncle’s complaints nettle everyone in our family, and it is difficult to endure his visits. 我的性急老叔的抱怨惹惱了家里的每個人,大家很難忍受他的到來。 EXAMPLE 2: While fishing by the river I accidently brushed against a patch of nettles, which caused my unprotected hands to burn for hours. 在河邊釣魚時,我不小心劃過了一片蕁麻叢,害得我的無防護的雙手灼痛了好幾個小時。 |
今日短語:
| 短語 | to keep the wolf from the door |
| 中文釋義 |
吃飽肚子(成語) |
| 英文釋義 |
(IDIOM) To prevent hunger; to pay bills and basic living expenses. |
| 例句 |
EXAMPLE: To keep the wolf from the door, the young artist had a job washing dishes in a restaurant. 為了吃飽肚子,這位青年藝術家到一家餐廳刷盤子。 |





