Chapter 6 Mice in space 2/3

Words

1.no muss, no fuss.

This vision included the construction of a type of mobile launch vehicle that could travel to various sites, take the rocket from a horizontal to vertical position, and send it off to space-no muss, no fuss.

釋義：no muss, no fuss used to say that something can be done easily and without problems – used humorously:
?例：It works every time, no muss, no fuss.muss 是亂的，不整潔的意思，fuss是慌張

2.bow to

Bowing to his nature, Musk set an insanely ambitious timeline for all of this.

釋義：bow to somebody/something
? to finally agree to do something, even though you do not want to do it:向…低頭，向…屈服
? ?例：Congress may bow to public pressure and lift the arms embargo.
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3.score

The acquisition also upped Musk's profile and celibrity, which he could leverage to score meetings with top government officials and to sway suppliers.

釋義：get something 獲得，得到
例：I managed to score a couple of tickets to the World Cup final

4.call the shots

She pretty much called the shots.

釋義：call the tune/shots ：to be in a position of control or authority

5.stint

The stint at Boeing had left Hollman unimpressed with big aerospace.

釋義：stint in/at：a period of time spent doing a particular job or activity
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? 例：Mark did a two-year stint in the army

Thoughts

At that time, the areospace company were building a Ferrrari for every launch, while Musk was building the Honda in that area.

提到航空業(yè)，人們一般都認(rèn)為需要高額的成本，一般人是很難投資創(chuàng)業(yè)的行業(yè)?？墒邱R斯克卻說(shuō)當(dāng)其他的航天公司造的是航天業(yè)的法拉利，那么他就來(lái)造航天業(yè)的本田，經(jīng)濟(jì)適用型。還是昨天感悟到的他的另辟蹊徑。