商务英语：今日热词——极度紧张的

极度紧张的（形容词，非正式）

(adjective, INFORMAL) Extremely nervous; shaking uncomfortably; fearful.

例句

EXAMPLE: The airplane shook as it flew through the terrible storm, and with each new flash of lightening the passengers became more jumpy.

飞机摇摆着穿过可怕的风暴，每次看到新的闪电出现，乘客们都变得越发紧张。

to dumb down something

简化（非正式）

(INFORMAL) To simplify something so that it will be extremely easy to understand by uneducated people. (NOTE: usually derogatory)

EXAMPLE: I think the film director unfortunately felt the need to dumb down the beautiful old novel's complicated love story so he could make a popular movie out of it.

我认为，这部电影的导演不幸地感到，有必要将这部优美旧小说的复杂爱情故事简化一下，以便能拍成一部流行电影。