2013 Flashcards
These lands were granted to our family in perpetuity.
这些土地依法归我们家族所有。
grant an ability
赋予某种能力
submit
提交给上级
transmit
一个传给另一个
submit plans to the council for approval
向委员会提交计划呈请批准
deliver
给指定的人或目的地
vision
头脑中所想象的景象
big vision
远见,宏大的视野
be soft on sth/ with sb
对…同情的,心肠软的
exceptional
异常的,罕见的
defensible
可辩解的,合乎情理的
She was appointed to conduct the advertising campaign.
她被委派[主持]宣传活动。
gloomy statistics which inspired panic in the stock market
在证券市场中[引起恐慌]的令人沮丧的统计数字
transmit knowledge from one generation to another
把知识由一代人传给另一代人
We’ll need to secure a bank loan.
我们需[获]银行贷款。
It’s raining harder than ever.
雨下得更大了。
float
(使)(货币的)汇率浮动
fluctuate
(价格、数量、比率等)涨落,波动
undo
使无效,取消,废除
disregard
不理会,不重视(警告、反对意见等)
Priestly explains how the deep blue color of the assistant’s sweater descended over the years from fashion shows to department stores and to bargin bin in which the poor girl doubtless found her garment.
普瑞斯特利解释了助手身上毛衫的深蓝色多年来是如何从时装展屈尊至百货店,再沦落到打折区的,而这个可怜女孩身上的衣服无疑淘自最后一站。
bargin bin/ bargin basement/ clearance bin
打折区
in the last decade or so
最近大约十年
at odds with
与…相矛盾
style-conscious consumers
有时尚意识的消费者
at dirt-cheap price
以极低的价格
Laziness and negligence lost him his job.
懒惰和粗心使他丢掉了工作。
Every day sees the company’s flourish.
这家公司在日益繁荣。
order in volumes
大量下订单
massive amount of
大量的
<> is the fashion word’s answer to consumer-activist bestsellers like Michael Pollan’s <>.
<>是与像迈克尔•普兰所著的<>一样的消费者活跃分子(所著的)在时尚界的[同类]畅销书。
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对等物,不相上下的事物
give away
捐赠
knock off
迅速而轻松地完成
collection line
某一时装系列
effect lasting change
生成持久的变化
obsession with
痴迷于
synonym
同义词
antonym
反义词
fine-grained information
精准信息
due to do
意欲做某事
get cracking on sth
立即着手做某事
set off the row
挑起争议
stay off
呆在离…较远的地方,跟…保持距离
避开,回避
继续不到(某地),不参加
保持关闭状态
human nature being what it is
人性使然
stick with
坚持
chief executive
最高层管理者
worse off
恶化,情况更坏
better off
情况好转
press on
坚定地继续
compare favourably with
将…与…进行了有利对比
on that count
在那一方面
by no means
绝不