商務(wù)英語：今日熱詞——破壞

《財(cái)富》(中文版) 2014年10月31日

EXAMPLE: The small country's cruel dictator quashed all resistance to his regime.
這個(gè)小國(guó)家的殘酷獨(dú)裁者鎮(zhèn)壓了對(duì)他的政權(quán)的所有抵抗。

今日單詞：

單詞	quash
中文釋義	破壞（及物動(dòng)詞）
英文釋義	(transitive verb) To crush; to suppress; to destroy completely, possibly using violence.
例句	EXAMPLE: The small country's cruel dictator quashed all resistance to his regime. 這個(gè)小國(guó)家的殘酷獨(dú)裁者鎮(zhèn)壓了對(duì)他的政權(quán)的所有抵抗。

今日短語：

短語	to laugh something off
中文釋義	不當(dāng)回事
英文釋義	To not take something seriously; to dismiss the importance of something by laughing at it.
例句	EXAMPLE: My brother is afraid of doctors, so yesterday when he became dizzy and fell down, he laughed it off and didn't go to the hospital. 我兄弟害怕看醫(yī)生，所以昨天當(dāng)他感到頭暈并跌倒時(shí)，他并不當(dāng)回事，也不去醫(yī)院。