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3月28日商务英语
 
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    今日单词：

单词 中文释义 英文释义 例句
metage 1.称重（名词，正式用语）

2.称重费用（名词，正式用语）

 1. (noun, FORMAL ) Official measuring of weight or contents

2. (noun, FORMAL ) A fee for official measuring of weight or contents

 EXAMPLE: After processing the food product must go through metage before being packaged.
加工后的食品在包装前必须称重。

EXAMPLE: Metage was two per cent of price per kilo.
称重价格为一公斤两美分。

micromanager 微观管理者，管理过细的经理（名词，俚语） (noun， SLANG) A supervisor who insists on controlling the actions and decisions (no matter how small or insignificant) of lower level employees in a disrespectful, compulsive manner (NOTE: very negative)

EXAMPLE: The department's new boss was a micromanager who decided every detail of his subordinates＇ activity, and soon many people were resigning in frustration.
新来的部门主管事无巨细都爱插手，下属每个行动的细节都要由他决定，很多员工在失望之下辞职不干了。

output 产量（名词） (noun) That which is produced; a general term for the total quantity of a particular product EXAMPLE: New equipment increased output by fifty per cent.
新设备使产量增加了50%。
preowned
　		 旧的，曾经有主的（形容词） (adjective) Used; previously owned by another individual

EXAMPLE: The automobile dealer called his used cars "preowned vehicles” because they sounded more attractive that way.
这位汽车经销商把它的旧车称为“待主旧车”，因为这样说使它们听起来更上档次。

roil 搅混，搅乱（动词） (verb) To make water in a river or pool muddy by stirring up sediment EXAMPLE: The impulsive and insensitive new president started to roil his company by arbitrarily changing the job responsibilities that everyone had performed competently for many years.
这位冲动而无所顾忌的新总裁开始搅乱公司，蛮横地改变每位员工多年来一直愉快胜任的工作职责。

    今日短语：

短语 中文释义 英文释义 例句
to be a whole new ballgame 全新的局面 Expression used to describe a situation that is completely changed or significantly different from previous conditions (NOTE: "ballgame" refers to a particular baseball game) EXAMPLE: Our previous management restricted our creativity, but after a new president was appointed, it was a whole new ballgame, and we could be quite innovative in every aspect of our work.
以前的管理层限制了我们的创造力，但公司任命新总裁后，局面完全改观，我们在工作的各方面都有了很强的创新性。
to knock the competition 诋毁对手（非正式用语） (INFORMAL) To make insulting, disrespectful comments about one's competitors in business, or their products (NOTE: this is a negative, unethical practice) EXAMPLE: The insecure salesman tried to knock the competition by saying that their employees were stupid and unreliable people who could not find work anywhere else.
这位无把握的销售员试图诋毁竞争对手，说他们的员工愚蠢而不可靠，在别的地方根本找不到工作。
to make a case for something 支持 To argue in favor of something EXAMPLE: The company's president gathered many facts and projections for his speech to the board of directors because he wanted to make a case for buying new equipment.
公司总裁为准备给董事会的讲话，收集了很多事实和预测，因为他支持购买新设备。
to take the bull by the horns 面对困境采取强硬措施 Traditional expression meaning to act in a strong, decisive manner in difficult circumstances; to take charge and make important but unpopular decisions when needed (NOTE: always requires use of the article "the")

EXAMPLE: When sales dropped significantly, the president decided to take the bull by the horns.He cut salaries, stopped hiring new people, and immediately limited spending by all departments.
销售大幅下滑，总裁决定重拳出击: 削减薪水，停招新人，并马上限制各部门的花销。

to size up someone or something 评估 To make an assessment of a person or situation EXAMPLE: The boss took each new applicant for the important job to lunch because it helped him to size up the person.
主管邀每位应聘这一重要职位的人吃午餐，以便他进行评估。
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