6月14日商務英語
《財富》(中文版)
2010年06月14日
alarmist;a world apart
今日單詞:?
單詞? |
alarmist [?'lɑ:mist] ? |
中文釋義 |
危言聳聽者,喜歡咋呼的人(名詞) ? |
英文釋義 |
(noun) A person who intentionally alarms others by inventing or exaggerating rumors of future catastrophe. ? |
例句? |
EXAMPLE: My cynical brother is well-known in our family as an alarmist who always predicts disasters at weddings and celebrations. 在我們家里,我那玩世不恭的兄弟出了名地喜歡咋呼,總是預言婚禮和慶典上要發生災難。 |
今日短語:
短語? |
a world apart ? |
中文釋義 |
天壤之別 ? |
英文釋義 |
Collocation describing a condition, environment, or circumstance that is extremely different from normal life. ? |
例句? |
EXAMPLE: When he arrived at his new university, the young student who had worked in grim factories for years, found that his new life was a world apart. 這位青年學生曾在冷血工廠做了幾年,來到新大學后,他發現新生活與過去有天壤之別。 |