6月24日商务英语
今日单词:
单词 |
biodiversity [,baiəudai'və:siti]
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中文释义 |
生物多样性(名词,生物学术语)
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英文释义 |
(noun, BIOLOGY) The relative number of plant and animal species, at either genetic, organism, community, or ecosystem levels. (NOTE Also “biological diversity”)
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例句 |
EXAMPLE: The loss of biodiversity in a region reduces the ability of the ecosystem in that region to recover from either human-induced or natural disasters. 一个地区生物多样性的丧失,降低了该地区生态系统从人为或自然的灾难中恢复的能力。 |
今日短语:
短语 |
sweetheart deal |
中文释义 |
私下签订的偏心交易
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英文释义 |
An inappropriate agreement that unfairly gives advantage to a friend over other equally qualified contenders.
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例句 |
EXAMPLE: The company's boss secretly made a sweetheart deal with a product supplier to whom he owed favors, although that supplier's products were inferior to those of many others. 公司老板和一家他欠有人情的产品供应商私下签订了协议,尽管这家供应商的产品质量比其他供应商差。 |