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”。)
MBA
It's known to all that MBA is abbreviated from Master of Business Administration, but the word has another meaning, that is "Marryed But Available". hehe...
ABC
America Borned Chinese
发表于 2003-1-10 09:43:00