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journeyman熟练工人（名词）
(noun) A skilled worker who was successfully compl eted a perio d of apprenticetraining in trades such as construction or manufacturing
EXAMPLE:The quality of building was quitesuper ior becau everyworker on the construction crew was an experience d journeyman.
这座大楼的质量非常高，因为每位建筑工人都是熟练工人。
hefty相当大的（形容词，非正式用语）
(adj. INFORMAL) Large, having greatsize
EXAMPLE:The new youngmanager did so well durin g her firstyear that she earne d a heftyincrea in her salary.
误判
这位年轻的经理任职的第一年干得很好，因此薪水提高了很多。
bus metro walkretrench 紧缩（开支）（动词）
(verb) To lowerexpenditures by reducing or delaying expansion plans; to cut back
EXAMPLE:Becau the regional economy has turne d bad and our salesare low, we have decided to retrench and postpone plansto build a new manufacturing plant next year.
由于该地区的经济已经转糟，而且我们的销售额很低，我们决定紧缩开支，推迟明年建造新制造厂的计划。
splitshift倒班（词组）
(phrase) A work perio d divided into two or more sub-periods that equal a normal working day
EXAMPLE: The restaurantwas only busy at lunchand dinner so veral employees worke d a splitshiftthat let them go home during the afternoon.
餐馆只是在午餐和晚餐的时间忙碌，所以几位雇员倒班工作，下午时回家休息。
to kick someone upstairs 架空（词组）
(phrase) The practice of promoting someone to a prestigious but powerless position in orderto prevent them from doingharm
EXAMPLE: Our company president's elderly father-in-law had been our chiefaccountant, but he oftenmade costly mistakes so the boss kicke d him upstairs to the position of nior vice president.
我们公司总裁年迈的岳父一直是首席会计师，但是他经常犯代价高昂的错误，于是老板将他架空，让他担任高级副总裁的闲职。
intrepid 大胆的，无畏的（形容词）
(adjective) Bold, neverdiscouraged, resistant to intimidation
EXAMPLE:Our intrepid salesmen are able to persuade even the most hostile and reluctant customers to buy our products.
我们那些无所畏惧的销售员甚至能说服最不友好和不情愿的顾客购买我们的产品。科比追悼会主题
private labelbrand零售商的品牌（词组）
starscream
(phrase）Products specially produced for a retail business that are sold to customers underthe name of the retail business rather than the name of the original produ cer
EXAMPLE: The restaurantin the expensive resort hotelllscustomers its own private labelbrandof wine.
这家昂贵的度假饭店的餐馆向顾客出售带有自己品牌的葡萄酒。
rigamarole繁琐的程序（名词）
(noun) A collectionof complicated, trivial or burea ucratic procedures; also, nonnsical talk (also spelled "rigmarole")
EXAMPLE: Applying for an export licen involved so much rigamarolethat we becam e quitefrustrated.
申请出口许可证涉及如此繁琐的程序，以至于我们变得非常灰心丧气。
of sorts质量低劣的（词组）很好的英文
(phrase) Second-rate, barely adequate, poor quality, nominal (NOTE: adjective phras e that follows the noun described)
中国传统节日的由来EXAMPLE: Our company has an offic e of sortsin the smallruraltown but it does very littl e business and oftenno one is thereeven to answer the telephone.
我们公司在这个乡下小镇有一个徒有其名的办事
处，那里几乎没有业务，经常连电话也没有人接听。
lights-out factory 完全自动化的工厂（词组）
(phrase) A full-automated factory of the futur e needi ng no workers, and therefore no lights in its buildings are necessary
EXAMPLE: The robotic asmbly of automobiles is becoming so advanced that the lights-out factory may becom e a reality soon.
机器人汽车组装线变得如此先进，完全自动化的工厂可能不久就会变成现实。
emblematic典型的（形容词）
石家庄培训网
(adjective) Typical, rving as a reprentative example, symbolic
EXAMPLE: The rapidsalesof cell phones in our country is emblematicof our new prosperity.
我国手机销售的快速增长反映出新的繁荣。
niority 资历（名词）
(noun）A system for determining privileges(such as promotions) usually badon the length of time an employee has worke d for a company
EXAMPLE: Becau she had worke d at her company for many yearsand had niority, my sister was able to take her yearly vacation whenever she wante d to.
由于我姐姐在公司工作了多年并且颇具资历，她随时都可以休年假。
caveat emptor商品售出，概不退换（词组）
akashic(phrase) Seller makesno promis about a produ
ct; this is a Latinterm of 'Let the buyerbeware'.
EXAMPLE: In the 19th century therewere few laws protectingAmerican consumers, and so the slogan of the marketplac e was caveat emptor.
萨德系统成功拦截
19世纪保护美国消费者的法律很少，因此市场的流行口号是“商品售出，概不退换”。
creative financing 非正统的借贷方式（词组）
(phrase) Unconventional ways to lend money, ud when borrower does not qualify for conventional loansdue to low incom e or past credit problems
EXAMPLE: Creative financing can involve unusual planssuch as graduated loan repaymentsthat increa monthly.
非正统的借贷方式包括按月递增的分期付款这一类特殊的安排。
turnkey 立即就能用的（形容词）
(adjective) Delivered to a client completelyready to be operated (describing a system or project) EXAMPLE: We bought a turnkey computer system from XYZ TechnologyCompany so that all necessary software was installed alongwith the hardware they suppl ied.
我们从XYZ技术公司购买到一套齐全的计算机系统，所有必要的软件都和他们所提供的硬件一起被安装好了。
clueless 一无所知的、不能胜任的（形容词，非正式用语）
