上次講了high,今天就順便講講它的反義詞low吧!還記得那句Mike has a high opinion of himself嘛?其實(shí)把high換作今天要講的low,那就是相反的意思啦!I have a low opinion of Jack coz he never keeps his promise.(我對(duì)Jack的看法不好,因?yàn)樗偸鞘逞裕┎贿^如果說Jack thinks low of himself,千萬不要理解為是說他看不起自己,而是說Jack很謙虛,沒有自以為是。
low這個(gè)詞在日常生活中用得很多,比如女孩子喜歡的低腰牛仔褲叫l(wèi)ow-cut,高腰牛仔褲呢?自然就是high-waist啦~還有去超市買東西的時(shí)候,總會(huì)說到I need to go buy some milk- I'm low on it.(我需要去買牛奶了,家里牛奶不夠了)還有很多人都精通的"炒股票",雖然Kaitlin數(shù)學(xué)超級(jí)爛,但是基本原則還是知道的:buy low and sell high!-低價(jià)買進(jìn),高價(jià)賣出嘛!哈哈!
說一個(gè)人很低調(diào),大家都聽說過low-key這個(gè)表達(dá)吧?其實(shí)還可以用一個(gè)更形象的方法:keep a low profile. Cathy found it really hard to keep a low profile coz she just loves attention.(Cathy覺得低調(diào)對(duì)她來說很難,因?yàn)樗龑?shí)在是太喜歡被關(guān)注了)
在商務(wù)英語里面有一個(gè)idiom很常用:low-hanging fruit. 掛得很低的水果,那就是不用費(fèi)很大力氣就能摘到的水果咯~比如我們?cè)谧鲆患虑榈臅r(shí)候總是喜歡從最簡(jiǎn)單的步驟開始,We like to start from the low-hanging fruits, because they are easy to achieve.在市場(chǎng)營(yíng)銷學(xué)里面,理論上也鼓勵(lì)從最容易被說服的客戶著手,但是老板一般會(huì)很嚴(yán)厲地說"Dont be satisfied with the low-hanging fruit. Go after the hard-sell types!"(不要只滿足于那些"耳根軟"的客戶,把目標(biāo)定在那些難搞定的客戶吧!" 不過大家在學(xué)口語的時(shí)候,不妨還是從low-hanging fruit開始,尤其是Kaitlin教的這些小詞,又簡(jiǎn)單又實(shí)用,何樂而不為呢?
low這個(gè)詞在日常生活中用得很多,比如女孩子喜歡的低腰牛仔褲叫l(wèi)ow-cut,高腰牛仔褲呢?自然就是high-waist啦~還有去超市買東西的時(shí)候,總會(huì)說到I need to go buy some milk- I'm low on it.(我需要去買牛奶了,家里牛奶不夠了)還有很多人都精通的"炒股票",雖然Kaitlin數(shù)學(xué)超級(jí)爛,但是基本原則還是知道的:buy low and sell high!-低價(jià)買進(jìn),高價(jià)賣出嘛!哈哈!
說一個(gè)人很低調(diào),大家都聽說過low-key這個(gè)表達(dá)吧?其實(shí)還可以用一個(gè)更形象的方法:keep a low profile. Cathy found it really hard to keep a low profile coz she just loves attention.(Cathy覺得低調(diào)對(duì)她來說很難,因?yàn)樗龑?shí)在是太喜歡被關(guān)注了)
在商務(wù)英語里面有一個(gè)idiom很常用:low-hanging fruit. 掛得很低的水果,那就是不用費(fèi)很大力氣就能摘到的水果咯~比如我們?cè)谧鲆患虑榈臅r(shí)候總是喜歡從最簡(jiǎn)單的步驟開始,We like to start from the low-hanging fruits, because they are easy to achieve.在市場(chǎng)營(yíng)銷學(xué)里面,理論上也鼓勵(lì)從最容易被說服的客戶著手,但是老板一般會(huì)很嚴(yán)厲地說"Dont be satisfied with the low-hanging fruit. Go after the hard-sell types!"(不要只滿足于那些"耳根軟"的客戶,把目標(biāo)定在那些難搞定的客戶吧!" 不過大家在學(xué)口語的時(shí)候,不妨還是從low-hanging fruit開始,尤其是Kaitlin教的這些小詞,又簡(jiǎn)單又實(shí)用,何樂而不為呢?