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美零售商寄望母亲节的销售额

2011-05-05来源:VOA


词汇讲解:

1. stagnant adj. 不发展的;不景气的;停滞的;无变化的

例句:Due to low investment, industrial output has remained stagnant.
由于投资少, 工业生产一直停滞不前。

2. co-owner n. 共有人
例句:Each co-owner by shares shall have the right to withdraw his own share of the joint property or transfer its ownership. 
按份共有财产的每个共有人有权要求将自己的份额分出或者转让。 

3. retail n. 零售
例句:The retail dealer buys at wholesale and sells at retail.
零售商批发购进货物, 以零售价卖出。

4. pinch n. 困苦, 穷苦
例句:It's six months since he lost his job, so he's beginning to feel the pinch.
他失业已有六个月了, 所以开始感到相当困难。

5. optimistic adj. 乐观的, 乐观主义的
例句:He is an optimistic young fellow.
他是位乐观的年轻人。

6. revenue n. 收入, 收益
例句:A government's revenue and expenditure should be balanced.
政府的财政收入和支出要平衡。

7. spending n. 开销,花费

例句:We have reduced the uNPRoductive spending.
我们已削减了非生产性开支。

8. supposedly adv. 据认为,据推测;据称;一般相信,一般看来
例句:This drama series is supposedly modern yet its characters live in a curiously dated world.
这个系列剧应当是现代的,但剧中的角色却生活在一个奇特的过去世界里。

9. spell vt. 招致, 带来
例句:That can only spell trouble.
那只会招致麻烦。

10. critical adj. 决定性的, 关键性的, 危急的
例句:Judicious forgetting is critical to the efficiency of working memory.
明智的忘却对工作记忆的效率很重要。