11月10日商务英语
《财富》(中文版)
2010年11月10日
commiserate; dire consequences
今日单词:
单词 |
commiserate [kə'mizəreit]
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中文释义 |
慰问(动词)
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英文释义 |
(verb) To express sorrow or sympathetic understanding.
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例句 |
EXAMPLE: The unemployed former employees of the failed company often met to commiserate over their many problems. 公司倒闭,还没有找到工作的前员工经常聚到一起,就各自的诸多问题互相慰问。 |
今日短语:
短语 |
dire consequences |
中文释义 |
可怕的后果
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英文释义 |
A collocation describing horrible, nearly hopeless results from an earlier event.
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例句 |
EXAMPLE: Collapse of the huge dam would have dire consequences for the towns and villages in the valley below it. 这座大坝如果崩溃,将给下面的城镇和村庄造成可怕后果。 |