EXAMPLE: Global warming has become a burning question among many members of the world-wide scientific community.
全球變暖已經(jīng)成為全球科學(xué)界眾多人士的一個(gè)急迫的問題。  2013-11-13

EXAMPLE: Visiting a foreign country last year I went to a party just wearing a sweater, but everyone else was wearing formal clothing, and nobody spoke my language, so I really felt like a fish out of water.
去年，在造訪某國時(shí)，我穿著一件毛衣就去參加聚會(huì)，但別人全都穿著正式服裝，又沒有人說我的語言，因此我感到與他們實(shí)在格格不入。  2013-11-12

EXAMPLE: The company's marketing director claims that adopting a prestige price strategy will increase sales among wealthier customers who are more concerned with high status than authentic high quality.
這家公司的營銷總監(jiān)宣稱，采用名望價(jià)格戰(zhàn)略將增加在富裕顧客中的銷售，他們更在乎高身份，而不是真正的高質(zhì)量。  2013-11-06

EXAMPLE: Spending a fortune on advertising and pushing their sales representatives to the limits, the rival companies engaged in a pitched battle for dominance of their industry.
這家競(jìng)爭對(duì)手為了取得行業(yè)主導(dǎo)地位發(fā)起了激烈的爭斗，在廣告上大把投錢，把銷售代表逼到了極致。  2013-11-05

EXAMPLE: One of my co-workers told me she heard our boss say he's retiring next year, but I don't believe her because I never trust secondhand information.
我的一位同事告訴我，她聽我們老板說，他將在明年退休，但我不信她的話，因?yàn)槲覐牟幌嘈哦中畔ⅰ?nbsp; 2013-11-04

EXAMPLE: I was lost in thought when my friend came into my office yesterday and I didn't hear what he said.
昨天，我陷入深思，朋友到我辦公室里來，我都沒聽見他說了些什么。  2013-11-01

EXAMPLE: Our customers can return purchases with a receipt at any time, and when they do so, our employees are trained to say "No worries!" in a cheerful way.
我們的客戶隨時(shí)憑收據(jù)退貨，在他們退貨時(shí)，我們的員工練就了以興高采烈的態(tài)度回答“沒問題！”。  2013-10-31

EXAMPLE: Our whole staff works hard not for the salaries we pay them, but because they really get it, and they are excited about developing what will be the best product ever created in our field.
全體員工努力工作，并不是為了我們付給他們的薪水，而是因?yàn)樗麄冋嬲乩斫夤荆殚_發(fā)我們行業(yè)里的最佳產(chǎn)品而感到激動(dòng)。  2013-10-30

EXAMPLE: When we have added a few finishing touches such as artwork and landscaping, our beautiful new building will finally be done.
在加上一些藝術(shù)和景觀設(shè)計(jì)之后，我們漂亮的新大樓就將完工了。  2013-10-29

EXAMPLE: Several professors at the famous university also have important jobs at companies in the large science park close to the school.
這所著名大學(xué)的幾位教授還在學(xué)校附近的大型科技園里的公司擔(dān)任要職。  2013-10-24

EXAMPLE: Starting our own company last year was a pivotal move for my colleagues and me, and our lives have been good quite ever since then.
對(duì)我的同事和我來說，去年自己開公司是一個(gè)關(guān)鍵的決定。自那以后，我們的生活一直很好。  2013-10-23

EXAMPLE: The express train leaves every morning at 8 a.m. on the dot.
這趟快車每天早上8點(diǎn)準(zhǔn)時(shí)出發(fā)。  2013-10-22

EXAMPLE: The rigorous enforcement of safety standards is needed to reduce occupational hazards in the mining industry.
必須嚴(yán)格執(zhí)行安全標(biāo)準(zhǔn)，減少采礦業(yè)的職業(yè)危害。  2013-10-21

EXAMPLE: Our new production manager has strong lateral thinking skills, and often surprises us with her ingenious solutions.
新來的生產(chǎn)經(jīng)理擁有很強(qiáng)的水平思維能力，經(jīng)常提出精妙的解決方案，讓我們驚喜。  2013-10-18

EXAMPLE: Don't visit the southern beach resort town during the hottest part of the summer -it's the pits!
在夏天最熱的時(shí)候，不要去那個(gè)南方海灘度假城——糟透了！  2013-10-17

EXAMPLE: We have an efficient, modern office, but the fact that the paper in our computer printer jams frequently is the fly in the ointment that often slows down our work.
我們擁有高效的現(xiàn)代化辦公室，但有個(gè)小麻煩：我們的電腦打印機(jī)總是卡紙，經(jīng)常妨礙我們工作。  2013-10-16

EXAMPLE: If we keep our expenses low and continue to earn profits each month, our new business will be able to get out of the hole by the end of the year.
只要我們保持低開支，每個(gè)月都能賺到利潤，我們的新業(yè)務(wù)到年底就能夠脫困。  2013-10-15

EXAMPLE: We feel that hiring talented employees with good training and lots of experience will ensure success.
我們感覺，聘用訓(xùn)練良好、經(jīng)驗(yàn)豐富的高素質(zhì)員工將確保成功。  2013-10-14

EXAMPLE: When our boring company president gives a particularly long and tedious speech, some audience members will drift off to sleep.我們公司乏味的總裁發(fā)表了特別冗長沉悶的演講，部分聽眾慢慢睡著了。
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EXAMPLE: An independent auditor investigated our accountant's records and certain unusual errors made him suspect there was some foul play.一位獨(dú)立審計(jì)人員調(diào)查了我們的會(huì)計(jì)紀(jì)錄和某些不同尋常的錯(cuò)誤，顯示他可能存在悖德行為。

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