商务英语：今日热词——背叛者

1.背叛者（名词）

2.变节的（形容词）

1. (noun) A disloyal person who has betrayed or abandoned his religious or political beliefs; someone who changes sides.

2. (adjective) Describing people, actions, or ideas that betray previously honored beliefs.

例句

EXAMPLE:

1.The professor's new opinions regarding education angered his traditional colleagues who considered him to be a vile apostate.

这位教授有关教育的新主张激怒了他往日的同事，他们认为他是个可耻的背叛者。

2.Trying to keep their power, the apostate committee members now vigorously defend the brutal policies they previously attacked.

为了保住权力，这些变节的委员们现在积极捍卫他们从前攻击过的残忍政策。

ripe old age

高龄（非正式）

(INFORMAL) Quite old. (NOTE: always used in a positive way expressing admiration)

EXAMPLE: Even at the ripe old age of ninety, my grandfather enjoys cultivating his garden every morning.

即使在90岁的高龄，我的祖父还每天照看他的花园。