1.words and expressions

suffocate

We don't want to go anywhere with a mind that expresses itself in such suffocating language.

verb 1. [I,T] to die or make someone die by preventing them from breathing

? （使）窒息而死，（使）悶死:

?The animal seizes its prey by the throat and suffocates it to death.

? 這種動物抓住獵物的喉嚨，使其窒息而死。

?One of the puppies suffocated inside the plastic bag.

? 其中一只小狗在塑料袋里悶死了。

2. be suffocating, to feel uncomfortable because there is not enough fresh air

? 感到窒息，感到呼吸困難:

?Can you open a window? I'm suffocating.你能開扇窗嗎？ 我覺得很悶。

3. [T] to prevent a relationship, plan, business etc from developing well or being successful

? 壓制，扼殺，阻礙:

?Jealousy can suffocate any relationship.妒忌可以扼殺任何人際關(guān)系。

squander

His is squandering a rich resource: himself.

verb[VN]

? ~ sth (on sb / sth) to waste money, time, etc. in a stupid or careless way

? 浪費,揮霍(金錢、時間等):

? He squandered all his money on gambling.

? 他把自己所有的錢都糟蹋在賭博上了。

sludge

Scholarship hath no fury like that of a language purist faced with sludge,

1[N-VAR 可變名詞] 爛泥;淤泥;工業(yè)廢物；Sludge is thick mud, sewage, or industrial waste.

All dumping of sludge will be banned by 1998.

從1998 年起，將禁止所有傾倒淤泥的行

turgit

Perhaps that’s why bureaucratic prose becomes so turgid, whatever the bureaucracy.

1. (of language, writing, etc. 語言、文章等) boring, complicated and difficult to understand

? 枯燥無味的；晦澀難懂的

2. swollen; containing more water than usual

? 腫脹的；膨脹的；腫大的:

? the turgid waters of the Thames

? 上漲的泰晤士河水

2.summary

本章講解business 相關(guān)寫作方法，

一件好的作品始終需

遵循clarity, simplicity, brevity and humanity的原則。