商務英語：今日熱詞——稀少的

exiguous

稀少的（形容詞）

EXAMPLE: Exiguous levels of rainfall in certain desert regions barely enable local residents to maintain any form of agriculture.

一些沙漠地區的降雨量稀少，使得當地居民難以耕種任何作物。

高額租金

A very high annual rent, usually equal to the full value of the property to which it relates.

EXAMPLE: The greedy landlord enriched himself by insisting on making his tenants pay rack rents which kept them impoverished.

這位貪婪的房東堅持讓房客支付高額租金，肥了他自己，窮了眾房客。