11月9日商務英語
2009年11月09日
counterintuitive; sticking point
??? 今日單詞:
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counterintuitive | 反常識的(形容詞) | (adjective) Opposite to what appears obviously and naturally true. | EXAMPLE: Medical researchers discovered that the cure for smallpox was counterintuitive ... patients who were given smallpox in tiny doses became immune and so were cured. 醫學研究人員發現,天花的治療方法具有反常識性。病人在接受了微劑量的天花病菌后便產生了免疫力,病也不治而愈。 |
????今日短語:
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sticking point | 癥結 | A disagreement or situation which stops progress towards a goal; the cause of an impasse. | EXAMPLE: The sticking point in the negotiation between buyer and seller was a dispute over shipping costs. 買賣雙方談判的癥結是貨運成本問題上的爭議。 |