商務(wù)英語：今日熱詞——下滑
由于全球經(jīng)濟衰退，這家昂貴的瀕海飯店的生意近些年一路下滑。
今日單詞：?
| 單詞 | confabulation |
| 中文釋義 |
1.正式談話（名詞）；2.虛構(gòu)（名詞）） |
| 英文釋義 |
1. (noun) An informal conversation, often centered on the exchange of information or new ideas. 2. (noun) An imagined memory invented by someone to fill in gaps in what is remembered. |
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例句 |
EXAMPLE 1: The boss took time every day to have little confabulations with workers at all levels of his company to understand their concerns and hear their thoughts. 老板每天都花時間和公司各級員工進行簡短的談話，了解他們的想法和關(guān)心的問題。 EXAMPLE 2: My elderly uncle has forgotten much of his life as an adventurous young man, but he fills his stories with many humorous and clever confabulations. 我年邁的叔叔已經(jīng)忘掉了大部分年輕時代的冒險生活，但他給自己的經(jīng)歷添加了很多幽默和巧妙的虛構(gòu)情節(jié)。 |
今日短語：
| 短語 | on a slide |
| 中文釋義 |
下滑（非正式） |
| 英文釋義 |
(INFORMAL) Diminishing or declining. |
| 例句 |
EXAMPLE: Business at the expensive seaside hotel has been on a slide in recent years because of the global recession. 由于全球經(jīng)濟衰退，這家昂貴的瀕海飯店的生意近些年一路下滑。 |
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