商务英语：今日热词——稀少的
《财富》（中文版）
2015-06-11
今日单词：
| 单词 |
exiguous |
| 中文释义 |
稀少的（形容词） |
| 英文释义 |
(adjective) Meager; extremely small and insufficient in number. |
| 例句 |
EXAMPLE: Exiguous levels of rainfall in certain desert regions barely enable local residents to maintain any form of agriculture. 一些沙漠地区的降雨量稀少，使得当地居民难以耕种任何作物。 |
今日短语：
| 短语 | rack rent |
| 中文释义 |
高额租金 |
| 英文释义 |
A very high annual rent, usually equal to the full value of the property to which it relates. |
| 例句 |
EXAMPLE: The greedy landlord enriched himself by insisting on making his tenants pay rack rents which kept them impoverished. 这位贪婪的房东坚持让房客支付高额租金，肥了他自己，穷了众房客。 |
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