今天我们要学的词是bargaining chips。 Bargaining chips, 是筹码的意思。The hostages were used as bargaining chips during the standoff between the bank robbers and the police, 银行劫匪在跟警察对峙的过程中，把人质做为筹...
今天我们要学的词是freelance。 Freelance, 指从事自由职业的。He is a freelance programmer, 他是一个自由职业的电脑编程师。The newspaper is looking for a freelance writer for the column, 报纸正在为专栏寻找自由撰...
今天我们要学的词是size up。 To size up, 对某个人或某件事进行估计、评定。She is sizing up her romantic rival, 她仔细揣摩情敌的实力。The candidate sized up the situation and decided to withdraw, 这位候选人对选战...
今天我们要学的词是time-tested。 Time-tested, 久经检验的。Networking is a time-tested method of job-hunting, 通过熟人介绍是历经检验的找工作的好办法。Franchising is a time-tested business model, 连锁经营是一种历...
今天我们要学的词是crunch time。 Crunch time, 意思是关键时刻。The last two weeks before playoff are crunch time, 季后赛之前的两周是关键时刻。The last couple days of the campaign are crunch time for the candidates, 选举投...
今天我们要学的词是hammer out。 To hammer out, 是经过深入讨论后做出决定的意思。全球最大的气候变化国际会议星期一在哥本哈根开幕。World leaders will try to hammer out a new global agreement to cut carbon...
今天我们要学的词是regift。Regift, 意思是把自己收到的没用的礼物拿来转送给别人。最新调查显示，36 % of U.S. adults will regift this year, 美国36%的成年人今年都会把收到的礼物转送给别人。Regifti...
今天我们要学的词是go south。 说一件事情to go south意思是出了问题。The stock market went south after a brief morning rally, 股票市场早上短暂上涨后迅速走跌。The secret mission went south and was immediately called...
今天我们要学的词是costly。 Costly, 有成本太高，或是代价惨重的意思。虽然赢了比赛，但却损失了四名首发队员。It's a costly victory, 这场胜利代价惨重。His decision turned out to be costly for the compa...
今天我们要学的词是in the wake of。 In the wake of, 意思是某件事情发生后。The company decided to lay off 25,000 employees in the wake of the second quarter loss, 第二季度亏损后，公司决定裁员两万五千人。美国偶像...
