2021年4月9日 

• 弹性工作制   flexible work schedule; flextime
• 注定的   destined to
• bait-and-switch    一种欺诈手法，先用极具诱惑力的广告宣传吸引客户，等客户前去购买时再声称该物品无法购买，然后诱导客户购买相似的高价物品，参考https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bait-and-switch
• 临时抱佛脚   cram for exams
  • She was cramming for her Economics exams.
• gastronomic   烹饪学的
• lace   花边；鞋带
• embroidery   刺绣
• artisan   工匠
• craft   工艺，手艺；也指精酿，如craft beer，精酿啤酒
• distilling   蒸馏，用蒸馏法制造（洒等）
• 烈酒   spirit，一般用复数形式spirits
• 饮料   beverages; drinks，可以用复数形式
  • beverage room   茶水间
• pet phrase   口头禅

2021年4月10日 

• collocation  语言学里专指词语搭配，也就是词组
• suit yourself  随你便

- Let's get the obvious stuff out of the way.

- You're not human, are you?

- It's tough to get any more obivious than that.

- If I had to guess, I'd say you're a program from the machine world, so is he.

- So far, so good.

- But if that's true, that could mean you're part of this system, another kind of control.

- Keep going.

- I suppose the most obivious question is, How can I trust you.

- Bingo. It is a pickle, no doubt about it. Bad news is there's no way if you really know whether I'm here to help or not. So it's really up to you. Just have to make up your own damn mind to either accept what I'm going to tell you or reject it. Candy?

- Do you already know if I'm going to take it?

- Wouldn't be much of an oracle if I didn't;

- ....

2021年4月21日 

• virtual reality sickness   3D晕眩症
• car sick   晕车

2021年4月29日 

• brief 可作动词，简要描述，比如：
  • ask him to brief you on the curren situation.

2021年5月2日 

• whereas  然而，鉴于
  • She has authentic charm whereas most people simply have ncie manners. 她有真正的魅力，而大多数人只是有礼貌而已。
• i.e.  即，也就是，相当于that is to say, in other words
  • His stomachache made him feel wretched(i.e. ill) all day. 他胃疼得整天十分难受（即生病）。

2021年5月7日 

• punctuality  名词，守时，对应的形容词是punctual，守时的
  • punctuality is a virtue, being punctual shows your reliability.

2021年5月14日 

window dressing  充门面，粉饰太平

• these measures seem to be mere window dressing and won't solve the problem.

2021年5月19日

• amateur  业余的，业余爱好者
• purchase  购买 
  • purchasing power  购买力
• circulation  流通，循环，还有发行量的意思
  • The magazine's circulation continue to climb.
• campaign  活动
• succession  继位，还有连续的意思
  • in succession  连续地
  • succession planning  接班人计划
• exhibition  展览，动词形式为exhibit
• pharmaceutical  制药的
• fluctuate  振荡，波动  fluctuate between 200m and 300m, fluctuate over the three years
• fluctuating 振荡的，波动的，fluctuating downard trend
• proportion 比例，占比
• In contrast/ on the contrary  相反地
• approximately  大约，近似地
• optimistic/pessimistic   乐观的/悲观的
  • the profit still presented a much pessimistic picture 利润仍然呈现得并不乐观
• bankruptcy  破产
• durable  耐用品
  • consumer durables 消费耐用品

2021年5月20日

• customer-comes-first principle  顾客至上原则

2021年5月21日

• catastrophe  大灾难
  • public relation catastrophe  公关灾难
• 关于lack的用法
  • lack可以当动词，并且既可以是及物动词，也可以是不及物动词，当为及物动词时，后面不需要接任何介词，比如 I lack confidence when I speak English. 当为不及物动词时，后面接for，比如 They lack for nothing; She does not lack for friends. lack的及物动词当用被动词态，比如food is lacked by the people there.
  • lack可以当名词，后面固定接of，比如lack of experience, lack of money.
  • lack的形容词是lacking，可以使用固定搭配be lacking in，比如He is lacking in practical experience. 也可以单独充当形容词，比如 Money for the project is still lacking.

2022年11月1日 

• 把A和B搞混了
  • Sorry, I have A and B mixed up.
  • I often mistake her for her mother on the phone.
  • I think you're confusing him with someone else.
  • You're confusing me with my sister - she's the singer.