商务英语学习网站-BEC备考网BEC高级真题短语解析：“keep abreast of sth”
2owenlee 发布于 2016-10-07
Keep /stay abreast of sth：A. to have the most recent information about something （获取…最新情况） B. used to say that two or more people are ...
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BEC高级真题词汇解析：”trade-off”
1owenlee 发布于 2016-09-26
Trade-off：A situation that involves reducing or forgoing one or more desirable outcomes in exchange for increasing or obtaining other. （互换交...
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BEC高级真题短语解析：”keep something afloat”
1owenlee 发布于 2016-09-26
Keep something afloat： to make something free or out of difficulty, especially financial difficulty: （使…免于受损、使…正常运转） 例句：In the e...
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BEC高级真题短语解析：”going off at tangents”
1owenlee 发布于 2016-09-25
Going off at tangents / on a tangent：to pursue a somewhat related or irrelevant course while neglecting the main subject or to suddenly star...
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BEC高级真题词汇解析：”natural wastage”
1owenlee 发布于 2016-09-25
Natural wastage：a reduction in the number of people who work for an organization that is achieved by not replacing those people who leave. （...
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BEC高级真题短语解析：”from the floor”
1owenlee 发布于 2016-09-24
From the floor：(of a speech or question) delivered by an individual member at a meeting, not by a representative on the platform. （由与会者发出的&#...
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BEC高级真题短语解析：”work with the grain”
1owenlee 发布于 2016-09-23
Work with the grain：Idiomatic. to do something in an easy and natural way. （直译：延着纹理脉络做某件事，意译：与…相契合、顺应…事情，反义表达：go against the gr...
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BEC高级真题词汇解析：”private equity”
1owenlee 发布于 2016-09-23
Private equity：private equity is a source of investment capital from high net worth individuals and institutions for the purpose of investin...
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BEC高级真题短语解析：”down the line”
1owenlee 发布于 2016-09-23
Down the line：a. At a future point or end. （将来、最终）b. All the way, throughout. （自始自终、从头到尾） 例句a：That’s why you will need to adopt strate...
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BEC高级真题短语解析：”paying over the odds”
1owenlee 发布于 2016-09-23
Paying over the odds：to pay more for something than it is really worth. （溢价购买、支付价格超过物品本身价值） 例句：It may be easier to raise the capital when bu...
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