語(yǔ)言點(diǎn)：
1. between jobs，between schools 沒(méi)有工作，沒(méi)有學(xué)上
2. draw a blank 斷片了
3. buy out?買下…的股權(quán)或產(chǎn)權(quán)
※ 也可以表示“花錢(qián)使…離開(kāi)(如提前退役)” 贖身既視感
e.g.?Carling eventually bought himself out of the army. 卡林最終還是花錢(qián)提前退役了。
4. wear many hats 有很多工作，很多角色
?She?wears many hats: she's a doctor, a musician, and a writer.
5. people person，dog person，cat person，喜歡...的人
6. hands-off 大撒手?
※ hands-on ?動(dòng)手的；實(shí)際操作的
e.g. New employees are given hours of?hands-on?training.
7. micro-manage 每件雞毛蒜皮的小事都管
e.g.?The problem may be that you are micromanaging your team.
8. put in place 實(shí)施，實(shí)現(xiàn)
9. spark one's interest 激發(fā)興趣
10. stepping stone 墊腳石，敲門(mén)磚
11. get one's foot in the door 邁出第一步
12. run one's own show 經(jīng)營(yíng)自己的事業(yè)
13. carve out in... 在某個(gè)領(lǐng)域闖出一點(diǎn)名堂
14. niche 縫隙市場(chǎng)，商機(jī)
e.g.?I think we have found a?niche?in the toy market.
15. make money hand over fist 發(fā)大財(cái)，賺大錢(qián)
16. go belly up 翻白兒，完蛋
17. snap up 搶購(gòu)
e.g.?Shoppers came to the store to?snap up?bargains after the holidays.
e.g.?When they see your work history, they'll?snap?you?up!?
18. for a song 非常便宜
※ It's a steal.
19. see the writing/handwriting on the wall 看到不祥之兆
e.g.?Seeing?the?writing?on?the?wall, several commercial publishers are experimenting with gold-model publishing.
20. jump ship 跳槽
e.g. She?jumped ship?when the competition offered her a better job.
21.?get sth out of one's system
22.?not all it's cracked up to be 并沒(méi)有被吹捧的那么好
e.g. I'm?not?saying?it's?not?worth?it, I'm just saying?it's?not?all?it's?cracked?up?to?be.
23. strike out 三振出局
24. strike it rich 發(fā)大財(cái)
※ 上篇 make money hand over fist 發(fā)大財(cái)，賺大錢(qián)
25. lose one's shirt 褲衩都輸沒(méi)了
26. take/pick up the ball and run with it 拿到一個(gè)想法，然后主動(dòng)負(fù)責(zé)實(shí)施
27. nitty-gritty 重要細(xì)節(jié)
e.g. Time ran out before we could?get down to the real nitty-gritty.?我們還沒(méi)來(lái)得及探討真正的細(xì)節(jié)，時(shí)間就過(guò)去了。
※ 反：the big picture
28. weigh another offer 衡量另一個(gè)職位
29. have in mind
e.g. What do you?have?in?mind? ?你認(rèn)為應(yīng)該是XX？
30. out of one's range?
e.g. It's a little?out?of?my price?range. 有點(diǎn)接受不了這個(gè)價(jià)格。
31. get the ball rolling 開(kāi)始
32. stand one's ground 堅(jiān)持立場(chǎng)，不給還價(jià)/殺價(jià)
33. drive a hard bargain 很會(huì)殺價(jià)/開(kāi)條件
e.g. Eric knocked thirty percent off the original price. He?drives?a?hard?bargain.
34. dot-com 網(wǎng)絡(luò)公司
e.g. The weaker dot-coms have collapsed.?實(shí)力較弱的網(wǎng)絡(luò)公司倒閉了。
語(yǔ)音點(diǎn)：
1.??stepping stone 重音在前
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