2014年公共英语考试辅导:四级写作短语4
A captain of industry 行业老大 An important business executive who is an influential leader. SOMETIMES HUMOROUS EXAMPLE: When the mayor began eating lunch here regularly, our downtown restaurant became popular with the citys most illustrious captains of industry. a fair shake 公平交易 A reasonable chance to succeed. EXAMPLE: Although he was a little loud and vain, which troubled all of us a bit, we decided to give the new employee a fair shake before criticizing his behavior. a far cry from 大不相同的东西 A great distance from EXAMPLE: After reading the resorts colorful brochure we had expected a luxury hotel, but the shabby old hotel was a far cry from our expectations. fat cat 有钱有势的人 a wealthy and privileged person EXAMPLE: More than one fat cat has been seen visiting the offices of political candidates. 相关资料 |