商務英語：今日熱詞——猛擊

wallop

1.猛擊（及物動詞，非正式）；2.震撼（名詞，非正式）

EXAMPLE 1: The door swung open and walloped me to the floor.

門猛地開了，把我撞倒在地。

EXAMPLE 2: The young hero's death at the end of the movie hit audiences with a wallop that they will never forget.

影片中年輕主角的死亡帶給觀眾畢生難忘的強烈震撼。

爽約，失職（俚語）

(SLANG) To fail to keep an appointment, or to fulfill a duty or promise.

EXAMPLE: My brother promised to play golf with me yesterday, but he flaked out, and so I played alone.

我兄弟昨天答應陪我打高爾夫球，但是他爽約了，所以我只好一個人去打。