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| 单词 | 中文释义 | 英文释义 | 例句 |
| actuate | 启动（动词，非正式） | (verb, FORMAL) To cause something to begin; to start a complex mechanical operation or massive effort | EXAMPLE: All one hundred offices of the
corporation waited for the final decision of the president to actuate the new
employee training policies. 公司的 100 个办公室都在等待总裁启动员工培训新政策的最终决定。 |
| cutback | 削减，下降（名词） | (noun) A large but not total decrease in something, such as production, services, or economic growth |
EXAMPLE: Last year's severe lack of rain in the region caused a serious
cutback in agricultural productivity which unfortunately devastated the local
economy. |
| deliberation |
深思熟虑（名词） | (noun) Very careful thought, often involving several people over an extended period of time without haste | EXAMPLE: After much deliberation the board of
directors decided reluctantly to fire the company's president and seek a new
person to fill the important role. 董事会经过深思熟虑，勉强决定解聘公司总裁，并搜寻新人填补这一重要职位。 |
| fishy |
可疑的（形容词，非正式） | (adjective, INFORMAL ) Suspiciously odd |
EXAMPLE: I didn't trust the fishy smile of the salesman when he avoided
answering some of my questions. |
| floorwalker | 巡视员（名词） | (noun) An employee whose job is to walk throughout a retail store assisting customers with various problems or questions that cannot be handled by other retail employees | EXAMPLE: Our department store's best
floorwalker was a friendly old employee who had worked in each section of the
company and could answer any customer's question without hesitation. 我们百货大楼的巡视员是一位友善的老员工，他在公司的每个部门都工作过，可以迅速回答顾客的每个问题。 |
今日短语：
| 短语 | 中文释义 | 英文释义 | 例句 |
| to accelerate changes | 加速改变 | To encourage changes and take actions that enable them to occur more quickly than they would otherwise | EXAMPLE: A dependable new electrical supply
for the impoverished region will help to accelerate changes in the local
economy. 该贫困地区新建成的可靠电力供应系统将加速推动本地经济的变化。 |
| to cough up | 勉强地拿出钱来 | To pay with great reluctance (NOTE: only used when the object is money) | EXAMPLE: The stingy young man was sullen
because he had to cough up more money than he expected to pay for tickets to the
concert his girlfriend wanted to attend. 这位小气吝啬的青年闷闷不乐，因为女友想去听的音乐会的门票让他挤出了比预想更多的钱。 |
| to count on someone or something | 依赖于某人某事 | To rely completely on someone or something | EXAMPLE: We count on our sales department both
to find new customers, and to keep our old customers happy. 我们依靠销售部去发现新客户和保持老客户的满意度。 |
| to gain momentum | 开始成功 | To start to accelerate and to succeed |
EXAMPLE: The idea that our company should sell products on the Internet
started to gain momentum and soon most of the managers wanted to try it. |
| to rest on | 依据，取决于 | To be based on (NOTE: also, "to rest upon") | EXAMPLE: Our company's new product development
decisions rest on objective market research. 我们公司的新产品开发决策依据的是客观的市场研究。 |