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经济学人下载:德国商业拉锯战

2013-08-25来源:Economist

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1.wardrobe n.衣柜，衣橱；藏衣室

What were you all doing in the wardrobe?
你们都跑到衣橱里干吗？

2.champion n.冠军；捍卫者，拥护者

You said you could make me a champion.
你说过你能让我当冠军。

3.private a.私有的，私人的；秘密的

Private colleges 'endowments' have shrivelled.
私立学校的拨款也已经缩水。

4.plunge v.用力插入；使陷入

Yet I had lived through a plunge off a cliff.
但是我跳下悬崖却活了下来。

5.appointee n.被任命者；被指定者

To lose a cabinet appointee may be regarded as a misfortune.
失去一个内阁被任命者也许被认为是个不幸。