11月24日商務英語
2009年11月24日
snooze;to cost someone an arm and a leg
??? 今日單詞:
單詞 | 中文釋義 | 英文釋義 | 例句 |
snooze | 1.打盹兒(不及物動詞,非正式用語) 2.小睡(名詞,非正式用語) |
1. (intransitive verb, INFORMAL ) To sleep for a short period of time; to nap. 2. (noun, INFORMAL) A short nap. |
EXAMPLE 1: The busy executive likes to lock his office door after lunch and snooze for fifteen minutes so he can work more energetically in the afternoon. 這位忙碌的高管喜歡在午餐后把辦公室的門鎖上,小睡15分鐘,以便下午更有精力投入工作。 EXAMPLE 2: My old uncle likes to take a snooze in his favorite chair after he comes home from work. 我大伯喜歡下班回家后坐在他最喜歡的椅子上小睡片刻。 |
????今日短語:
短語 | 中文釋義 | 英文釋義 | 例句 |
to cost someone an arm and a leg | 令某人破費(成語) | (IDIOM) To cost someone a great deal of money. | EXAMPLE: Building a new house was almost three times more expensive than I thought it would be; it really cost me an arm and a leg! 建一座新房的費用幾乎是我預計的三倍,實在讓我破費! |