怎样让自己振作起来

【词汇讲解】

1.meltdown 彻底垮台

如：He now has lost $20 billion since the tech meltdown began in 2000, due largely to the drop in value of his Microsoft shares.
由于科技产业的泡沫逐渐走向破灭，他所持的微软股份也难逃贬值的厄运，从2000年到现在，他的总资产共损失了200亿。
 
We did what we did, we had to go into the market because of the serious risk at the time of a meltdown of our economy resulting from the breaking up of the linked exchange rate system.
我们做了我们应做的事，我们必须投身市场中，因为假若香港当时脱离联系汇率，我们的经济便会崩溃，面临严重的危机。

2.low-cost adj. 价格便宜的，廉价的
3.platitude n. 陈词滥调，陈腐

如：It's no more than a platitude. 
无非是老生常谈。

A commonplace remark or notion; a platitude. 
陈词滥调陈腐庸俗的话或想法; 陈词滥调

4.hang on to 紧紧抓住，坚持下去

如：Nothing was left for him to hang on to. 
他已经没有什么东西可以指靠的了。

He managed to hang on to a piece of rock protruding from the cliff. 
他设法抓住了悬崖上向外伸出的岩石。