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BYOB Bring your own bottle(或booze)的缩写。外国人请客时,有时为了减少负担或顾及个人对酒品种的不同喜好,往往在请柬上注明BYOB(请自带酒来)。例如: Whenever he invites guests, he asks “ BYOB.” (他只要请客,就要人家自己带酒来。)
Free-standing 独立(式)的,多指为特别用途而盖的单独建筑物。例如:(1)There is a new free-standing restaurant near the downtown area.(在闹市区附近有座新的独立餐馆。)(2)Mr. Bush built a free-standing clinic behind the mall.(布什先生在商业中心后面盖了一所独立诊所。)(3)The free-standing design does not overpower the rest of the buildings surrounding it.(这种独立式的设计,不会影响周围其他的建筑物。)
Displaced homemaker 指那些因离异或丧偶等而失去生活经济来源的家庭妇女。例如:(1)She became a displaced homemaker after her husband left her.(自从丈夫离开后,她成了生活困难的主妇。)(2)The government has tried to help many displaced homemakers by offering job skill courses.(政府通过提供工作技能的课程,设法帮助许多失去生活来源的妇女。)
TGIF Thank God It's Friday的缩写,意为感谢上帝今天是星期五。星期五是一周最后一个工作日,星期六可不必上班了。例如:Many American people say “TGIF” on Fridays.(许多美国人在星期五都说“感谢上帝今天是星期五”。) |
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