实战口语情景对话 第490期:The Ice Sport 冰上运动

重点讲解：
1. in general
总的来说；总体上来看；大体上；
eg. In general, I prefer a comedy to a tragedy.
一般说来，我喜欢喜剧甚于悲剧。
eg. Actually,we do not give any commission in general.
实际上，我们一般不给佣金。
2. agree with
同意；赞成；意见一致；
eg. He was offended that we didn't agree with him.
我们不同意他的观点，他生气了。
eg. I agree with his plans, but only to a certain extent.
我同意他的计划，但只在一定程度上。
3. compete with
竞争；
eg. Charles has never felt the need to compete with anyone.
查尔斯从未感到有与任何人竞争的必要。
eg. We can't let up on our efforts to compete with other more successful firms.
在同其他那些更兴隆的公司竞争中，我们丝毫松懈不得。
4. lock-out
（雇主）封厂，闭厂（以逼迫工人接受新的薪资或工作条件）；
eg. But he reiterated thursday that an extended lockout ultimately will prompt him to play overseas somewhere.
但是他在周三反复重申了如果这次的停摆不能解决，那么他一定会寻求海外打球的机会。
eg. The employer Used a lockout to break up the employee strike.
雇主为了压制雇员的罢工，采取了封闭工厂的(强硬)手段。