2017商务英语活学活用 名片(2)

　　II.单词解析

　　1) Disaster zone: a place that has been hit by abomb or other very large accident

　　灾区：被炸弹击中或者发生其他大型意外事件的地方

　　ex: My mother said that my bedroom looked like adisaster zone, so my dad made me clean it up.

　　例句：我妈妈说我的卧室看起来像是个灾区，所以爸爸让我把它收拾干净。

　　2) Hermit: a person who lives alone and never talkswith people

　　隐士：独自生活、从不和别人说话的人

　　ex: Some days I dream of being a hermit and leaving all of the hassles of modern life behindme.

　　例句：有时候我梦想做个隐士，把现代生活的所有这些烦杂事务抛在身后。

　　3) Concocted: made or invented

　　调制，调和，编造：做或者发明

　　ex: I concocted a new alcoholic drink at the party last night, but I drank too many of them andnow my head hurts.

　　例句：昨晚我在派对上调了一种新酒，不过我喝得太多了，现在我头疼。

　　4) Aristocrat: a member of the upper class of society

　　贵族：上层社会的成员

　　ex: The idea of social classes really makes me sick - I don't understand why aristocrats treatpoor people so badly.

　　例句：我真的很反感把社会分成三六九等-我不明白为什么贵族对待穷人那么坏。