1月28日商务英语

underpin

支持；支撑（动词）

(verb) To give support to with evidence or authority; to support from below

EXAMPLE: The great philosopher's ideas underpin the beliefs of many young people today.

这位伟大哲学家的思想是当今很多青年人的信念支柱。

terminal coolness

扮酷到了不可救药的地步（当代诙谐俚语） 

（HUMOROUS CONTEMPORARY SLANG） The condition of being too stylish and overly concerned with fashionable speech and behavior (NOTE: "terminal" as an adjective can mean "causing or approaching death" while "cool" in slang means up-to-date) 

EXAMPLE: My younger brother is obsessed with wearing the most fashionable clothes and only listening to the most popular new CDs; he obviously suffers from terminal coolness.

我弟弟热衷于穿最新潮的服装，而且只听最流行的新碟，他显然是扮酷到了不可救药的地步。