to nail a sale 完成一项销售任务 英文释义 To complete a sale 例句 My younger brother was an ambitious salesman who bragged that he always liked to nail a sale everyday before lunch. 我弟弟是个胸有大志的销售员，自诩喜欢在...
low-maintenance 低保养率 英文释义 Requiring very little attention or special care to keep in good condition 例句 The busy young executive woman preferred a low-maintenance hairstyle that took very little effort. 这位年青的女经理人因...
a fake-out 骗人的把戏 英文释义 A trick intended to cheat or confuse例句The dishonest young clerk tried a clever fake-out to cover his mistakes at work, but his boss noticed them anyway. 这位不诚实的员工想了一个巧妙的把戏来掩...
to clue someone in 提供信息 英文释义To tell someone a secret, or to tell someone something obvious that everyone else seems to know. 例句Our company is doing so poorly that it will probably fail next month; maybe we should clue the owner in...
to be rife with 充满 英文释义To be filled completely with例句Our customer service operations were rife with problems that needed attention. 我们的客服运营部门到处都是要注意解决的问题。...
fashion maven 时装专家 英文释义 A fashion expert; someone who understands what is most popular in stylish clothing (NOTE: maven is a YIDDISH language noun meaning one who understands)例句My little sister is afashion mavenwho lives in New Yo...
to play catch up 追赶 英文释义 To complete unfinished work in order to achieve the same level or position as others. 例句The building fire closed the company's main office for almost a month, and now they must play catch up in order to stay i...
to make inroads 1. 取得进展；2. 侵入 英文释义1. To accomplish progress towards a goal2. To take away territory belonging to another. 例句1: While the task of improving our moribund old company is enormous, last week I started to make inr...
putting out fires 处理、解决问题 英文释义 Addressing and solving problems. 例句Unfortunately, as a manager I don't have much time to develop new ideas, but instead I spend each day merely putting out fires. 很不幸，作为经理我没有...
Joe Schmo 庸人，普通人 英文释义 An unimportant, ordinary man (NOTE often used in contrast to someone of much greater importance). 例句Of course our clothing is expensive; our typical customer is a top executive or professional person, not...
against all odds 顶住重重困难 英文释义 Despite obstacles that are nearly impossible to overcome. 例句Against all odds the small group of talented but indigent musicians from the countryside became the most popular band in the capital, and...
to yield to 退让 英文释义 To abandon a previously held opinion or argument and adopt another例句The skeptical board of directors argued with the company president for hours, but finally they yielded to his view and agreed with him that major...
to take it to the next level 上一个档次 英文释义 Expression meaning to intensify, expand, or deepen an activity (NOTE: usually, the activity itself is not named)例句We started our little part-time business with low expectations, but our ra...
to be at a standstill 停顿 英文释义 To be stalled. 例句Since our company's best manager left last month, the department he used to supervise has been at a standstill, and nothing is getting accomplished there. 由于我们公司最优秀的经理...
spot check 抽查 英文释义 A rapid , informal inspection to see if operations are being done correctly . 例句 The workers in our manufacturing plant try to do their jobs well , in part because they know their managers do a spot check several ti...
