美零售商寄望母亲节的销售额

短语讲解：

1. Mother’s Day is a popular spring holiday in the U.S., a time when families get together and honor mom with cards, flowers and gifts.

get together聚会; 联欢
例句：All the members of the family get together once a year.
全家成员每年团聚一次。

2. It is also big business, one of the biggest weekends for retail sales.

retail sale 零售，零售额
例句：Retail sales were off a hair in January.
零售在一月份稍微减少。

3. They are counting on strong Mother’s Day sales this year to bring more confidence to the overall economy.

count on期望, 指望
例句：We can count on the weather being fine.
我们可以指望天气好转。

4. But Mother’s Day is approaching and it's a big holiday in the US where mothers are honored with gifts of chocolate, flowers, and greeting cards.

honor with授予(某人)以…
例句：I hope to be honored with further orders.
如蒙惠顾, 不胜荣幸。

5. Last year, we took a hit, it wasn’t great.

take a hit遭受打击；受到影响
例句：Phelps' image won't take a hit .
菲尔普斯的形象将不会受到重击。

6. This year I see it coming back now.

come back恢复，复原
例句：But his lost youth did not come back to him. 
但他那失去的青春并未返回。

7. Mother’s Day accounts for a large part of May revenues for retailers.

account for占有，占...百分比
例句：APEC members account for more than half of the world's economic output.
亚太经合组织成员的经济总量在世界占一半以上。

8. That is similar to the numbers we saw in 2007 before the economy really fell through.

fell through落空；失败；成为泡影
例句：He didn't quite understand why the deal fell through.
他不十分明白为什么这场交易失败了。

9. They're stocking up now for what is usually a big weekend of sales.

stock up进货; 使(商店)储足货物
例句：All the shops are now stocking up for Christmas.
所有的商店都在储备圣诞商品。