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| 单词 | 中文释义 | 英文释义 | 例句 |
| upsize | 扩大规模（动词） | (verb) To increase the size of something (NOTE: opposite is "downsize," meaning to decrease the size of something) | EXAMPLE: Our company's recent successes mean that we will need to upsize our staff, hiring many new employees next year. 我们公司近来的成功，意味着我们需要增加人手，并在明年招募许多新员工。 |
| affluenza | 物欲症（名词，略带幽默的俚语） | (noun, MILDLY HUMOROUS SLANG) An obsessive psychological focus on materialism, characterized by working far too hard to make money, and possibly by going into debt in order to buy unneeded luxuries (NOTE: blend of "affluence" and "influenza") |
EXAMPLE: I told my younger brother that he had a serious case of affluenza when he told me he was too busy making money to spend time with his lovely and intelligent girlfriend. |
| atmospherics | 感官体验（复数名词，营销术语） | (plural noun，MARKETING) Sensory aspects of experience, such as color, smell, and mood, which may influence a customer's appreciation of a product or service (NOTE: always plural) | EXAMPLE: The famous hotel's management paid careful attention to the building's atmospherics, making sure that its dramatic lighting, fragrant flowers, soft music, and expensive furniture impressed every guest. 这家著名饭店的管理层十分注重打造楼内的氛围，用它明亮的灯光、芳香的鲜花、柔和的音乐和昂贵的家具令每位客人印象深刻。 |
| damages |
损害赔偿金（名词，法律术语） | (noun， LEGAL) Money paid as compensation for injury or loss (NOTE: always plural in this usage) |
EXAMPLE: The court awarded the victim of the industrial accident one hundred thousand dollars in damages. |
| kiddydrome | 儿童玩具服装商场（名词，当代非正式用语） | (noun, CONTEMPORARY INFORMAL) A large department store specializing in toys and clothing for children | EXAMPLE: Every weekend thousands of parents in the big city take their children to the enormous kiddydrome that offers three floors of products for people aged ten and under. 这座大城市成千上万的父母每周都带着孩子来这家大型儿童玩具服装商场。商场共三层，出售 10 岁以下儿童用品。 |
今日短语：
| 短语 | 中文释义 | 英文释义 | 例句 |
| tuned in | 了解潮流的 | Very aware of new trends (NOTE: "to tune in" means to listen to radio or watch a television channel) | EXAMPLE: The clothing company hires stylish young designers who are quite tuned in and who can easily predict what will become fashionable. 服装公司雇用了这位风格时尚的青年设计师，他很了解潮流，能够很容易判断出马上将流行什么。 |
| complimentary copy | 赠阅（期刊等）（商业用语） | (BUSINESS) Free sample; free copy; something given as a favor to encourage future business | EXAMPLE: The ad sales representative always gave his prospective customers a complimentary copy of his company's magazine. 这位广告销售代表总是给他的潜在客户赠送一份本公司的杂志。 |
| favorable response | 肯定的答复（正式用语） | (FORMAL) yes; a positive reply to a proposal (NOTE: in certain formal situations it is more appropriate and less abrupt to use this expression instead of simply saying "yes" ) | EXAMPLE: We made our offer to merge our company with a rival firm in a carefully written letter which we hoped would be met with a favorable response. 我们在一份经过仔细斟酌的要约函中开出了与竞争对手合并的报价，希望能得到肯定的答复。 |
| on short notice | 一经通知立即…… | With very little prior warning or without time to prepare for something that will happen quite soon |
EXAMPLE: On short notice employees were told that the firm had been bought by another company, and they would have to move their offices to an unfamiliar new building next the following week. |
| optimal effectiveness | 最大成效 | An expression describing a condition in which operations are at their most efficient | EXAMPLE: Some managers believe that six is the right number of members on a work team for optimal effectiveness - more would be too many, and fewer would are not be enough. 有些经理认为，一个工作团队要发挥出最大成效，最佳人数应为 6 人，增减一人都不合适。 |