go south。 說一件事情to go south意思是出了問題。"The stock market went south after a brief morning rally," 股票市場早上短暫上漲後迅速走跌。"The secret mission went south and was immediately called off," 這次秘密行動出現紕漏後馬上被取消。"Everything went south after I lost the job," 我失去工作後事事都不順利。"Not talking to each other except for matters of everyday life is one of the signs that your marriage has gone south," 除了日常瑣事無話可談是婚姻出現問題的跡象之一
Costly, 有成本太高，或是代價慘重的意思。雖然贏了比賽，但卻損失了四名首發隊員。"It's a costly victory," 這場勝利代價慘重。"His decision turned out to be costly for the company's bottom line," 他的決定給公司盈利帶來了重大傷害。
美國國會參議院新公布的報告說，美國部隊2001年年底是完全有可能將恐怖分子頭目本.拉登緝拿歸案的。報告說，"American military leaders made the costly decision of not pursuing Bin Laden with massive force," 美國軍方領導人做出的不全力追捕本拉登的決定結果證明代價慘重。
In the wake of, 意思是某件事情發生後。"The company decided to lay off 25,000 employees in the wake of the second quarter loss," 第二季度虧損後，公司決定裁員兩萬五千人。美國偶像亞軍亞當.蘭伯特在美國音樂節頒獎典禮上的“限制級”表現引起爭議。"Adam Lambert's first album sold well in the wake of his controversial performance," 蘭伯特倍具爭議的表演後，首張唱片銷量很好。
高爾夫球選手老虎.伍茲上星期五凌晨在家門口發生車禍。"In the wake of his car accident, rumors are spreading that Woods was having an affair," 車禍事發後，關於伍茲有外遇的傳聞甚囂塵上。
Timing, 時機。中文裡說，趕得早不如趕得巧。英文裡說, "Timing is everything". 時機決定一切。"The timing of his marriage proposal was perfect," 他求婚的時機恰到好處。
目前就業市場不景氣。"The timing is against new graduates entering the job market," 進入就業市場的大學畢業生沒趕上好時候。"The timing of ending the stimulus policy is not right," 現在不是結束經濟刺激政策的合適時機。"The timing of firing the coach has everyone puzzled," 解雇教練的時機讓所有人摸不著頭腦。
網絡星期一。感恩節過後有Black Friday, 黑色星期五，是購物高潮，隨著網上購物的便利，感恩節過後的星期一也逐漸發展成Cyber Monday. "Cyber Monday is now viewed as the kickoff to the online holiday shopping season," 網絡星期一如今被普遍認為是年底假日季節網上購物的開端。
調查數字顯示，"87.1 % of retailers will have a special promotion for Cyber Monday this year," 87.1%的零售商家今年都會在網絡星期一減價促銷。
cold turkey, 可不是冷火雞的意思，而是指突然停止某些已經成癮的壞習慣。"He quit heavy drinking cold turkey," 他沒靠任何幫助，斷然戒掉了酗酒的惡習。"My friend Jack quit smoking cold turkey two years ago," 我朋友Jack兩年前說戒就毅然決然地戒了煙。"After losing his house, he quit gambling cold turkey," 把房子輸掉後，他一狠心，斷然戒掉了愛賭博的毛病。
Bottleneck, 瓶頸，堵塞。"The project will eliminate the bottleneck by widening the road," 這個項目要通過加寬道路來解決交通堵塞的問題。
感恩節是美國人坐飛機旅行的高峰期。"New York's three major airports continue to be one of the worst air travel bottlenecks in the country," 紐約三大機場依然是美國空中客運的主要瓶頸之一。"Thousands of fans waiting to see the battle between the two best golfers created a bottleneck at the entrance," 成千上萬的球迷為了目睹最棒的兩個高爾夫選手一決勝負，把比賽入口堵得水泄不通。
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