商務英語：今日熱詞——1.吝嗇的；2.赤貧的

1.吝嗇的（形容詞）；2.赤貧的（形容詞）

1. (adjective) Excessively frugal; fearful of spending too much money.

2. (adjective) Extremely poor.

1.EXAMPLE: During the winter my wealthy but penurious grandfather refuses to turn on the heat in his house until he sees frost on the windows.

我的祖父有錢卻摳門，冬天直到窗子上結了霜，才決定開暖氣。

2.EXAMPLE: The penurious villagers could not afford to travel to the closest town for their medical needs, so a team of doctors visited them occasionally.

這些赤貧的村民沒有錢到最近的城鎮看病，所以醫療隊經常去給他們看病。

to bear with someone

耐心聽某人講完

To listen patiently to a lengthy explanation. (NOTE: “bear” in this sense means “endure”)

EXAMPLE: Our company's chief scientist asked us to bear with him as he began to explain a complicated but important new discovery he made recently.

在解釋不久前的復雜但重要的新發現時，我們公司的首席科學家要求我們耐心聽他

講完。