商务英语：今日热词——马屁精

flunky

马屁精（名词）

(noun) A person who does insignificant tasks and is insincerely eager to please or obey his or her employer.

EXAMPLE: The arrogant boss expected his employees to be humble flunkies who never questioned his orders or his frequently poor decisions.

这位傲慢的老板希望员工都是卑贱的马屁精，永远不质疑他的命令或是他经常做出的糟糕决策。

呆若木鸡（俚语）

(SLANG) Describing the condition of being extremely stupid.

EXAMPLE: Some of the questions I was asked in my job interview yesterday were so difficult that I felt dumb as a stump when I attempted to answer them.

昨天的求职面试有些问题实在太难，我在回答的时候呆若木鸡。