时间:2018-12-25 作者:英语课 分类:留美老师带你每日说英文


英语课

   These are businesses that never adapted. They cross their fingers that this internet thing would be a fad 1 and kept selling the exact same products that Amazon is great for.


  这些企业永远不懂得变通。他们期盼着这种网络购物只是一时的流行而已,然后继续销售那些跟亚马逊网站所擅长销售的产品一模一样的商品。
  学习重点:
  1.adapt 使适应
  adapt (v.) 使适应
  acclimate 2 (v.)
  fit (v.) 适合的
  2.to cross one's fingers 祈求好运;希望
  to cross one's fingers (phr.) 祈求好运;希望
  3.fad 一时的流行
  fad (n.) 一时的流行
  trend (n.) 趋势;时尚
  craze (n.) 狂热;风尚

1 fad
n.时尚;一时流行的狂热;一时的爱好
  • His interest in photography is only a passing fad.他对摄影的兴趣只是一时的爱好罢了。
  • A hot business opportunity is based on a long-term trend not a short-lived fad.一个热门的商机指的是长期的趋势而非一时的流行。
2 acclimate
v.使服水土,使习惯于新环境
  • I help them acclimate to living in the U.S.我帮助他们适应在美国的生活。
  • How much time does she need to acclimate?她需要多少时间才能适应?
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