1月13日商務英語
2010年01月13日
extort;the brains of the operation
??? 今日單詞：
| 單詞 | 中文釋義 | 英文釋義 | 例句 |
| extort | 敲詐，勒索（動詞，正式用語） | (verb, FORMAL) To force someone to give money by intimidation. | EXAMPLE: My corrupt landlord is trying to extort money from all of his tenants by saying that if we don't pay new special fees to him equal to our rent each month he will evict us. 我的惡房東想向所有租戶敲詐錢財，說如果我們不交每月特別費用，就把我們轟出去。 |
????今日短語：
| 短語 | 中文釋義 | 英文釋義 | 例句 |
| the brains of the operation | 業務主腦 |
The person who is the central and most intelligent executive in a business activity, such as a new company. |
EXAMPLE: The new technology company's president is very friendly and outspoken, but his quiet brother, who has an engineering degree, is actually the brains of the operation. 這位技術公司的新總裁十分友好和坦白，但他那不愛說話的兄弟才是公司業務的主腦。 |
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