英语商务口语必备：常见商务习语解析与应用

不及物动词排水; 流干

及物动词喝光，喝干; 使（精力、金钱等）耗尽; 使流出; 排掉水

名词排水; 下水道; 排水系统; [医]引流

1. 排出;(使)流出
If you drain a liquid from a place or object, you remove the liquid by causing it to flow somewhere else. If a liquid drains somewhere, it flows there.

e.g. Miners built the tunnel to drain water out of the mines...
矿工们开凿了一条地道，以排出矿井里的水。
e.g. Now the focus is on draining the water...
现在的重点是把水排走。

2. (使)流干;(使)排干
If you drain a place or object, you dry it by causing water to flow out of it. If a place or object drains, water flows out of it until it is dry.

e.g. Vast numbers of people have been mobilised to drain flooded land...
大量的人力被动员去排干受涝的土地。
e.g. The soil drains freely and slugs aren't a problem.
土壤排水畅通，鼻涕虫就不会造成什么麻烦。

3. （使）（水分）滤去，滤干
If you drain food or if food drains, you remove the liquid that it has been in, especially after it has been cooked or soaked in water.

e.g. Drain the pasta well, arrange on four plates and pour over the sauce...
将意大利面中的水分滤干，放在4个盘子里再淋上调味汁。
e.g. Wash the leeks thoroughly and allow them to drain.
彻底清洗韭葱，再沥去水分。

4. 下水道;排水管;阴沟
A drain is a pipe that carries water or sewage away from a place, or an opening in a surface that leads to the pipe.

e.g. Tony built his own house and laid his own drains.
托尼自己盖了房子并铺设了下水管道。
e.g. ...storm drains.
排洪管

5. 喝干;喝光
If someone drains a glass, they empty it by drinking what is in it.

e.g. Pamela drained her glass and refilled it.
帕梅拉喝完后又续了一杯。

6. （使）(脸上血色)消失，消退
If the colour or the blood drains or is drained from someone's face, they become very pale. You can also say that someone's face drains or is drained of colour.

e.g. Harry felt the colour drain from his face...
哈里觉得他脸上的血色在消失。
e.g. Thacker's face drained of colour...
撒克面无人色。

7. （情感）消失，消散
If a feeling drains or is drained out of you, it gradually becomes less strong until you no longer feel it.

e.g. And then, suddenly, the euphoria began to drain away...
随后，狂喜的感觉突然开始消失了。
e.g. She felt the tension drain out of her...
她感到紧张情绪在消失。

8. 使精疲力竭;使心力交瘁
If something drains you, it leaves you feeling physically and emotionally exhausted.

e.g. My emotional turmoil had drained me.
纷乱的情绪让我心力交瘁。

及物动词表现，象征; 代表，代理; 扮演; 作为示范

不及物动词代表; 提出异议

1. 代理，代表（个人或团体）
If someone such as a lawyer or a politician represents a person or group of people, they act on behalf of that person or group.

e.g. ...the politicians we elect to represent us...
我们选举出来代表我们的政界人士
e.g. The offer has yet to be accepted by the lawyers representing the victims.
受害者的代理律师还没有接受这个提议。

2. 代表（个人或团体）出席
If you represent a person or group at an official event, you go there on their behalf.

e.g. The general secretary may represent the president at official ceremonies.
总书记可以在一些官方仪式上代表主席。

3. (在竞赛或体育赛事中)代表（国家或地区）
If you represent your country or town in a competition or sports event, you take part in it on behalf of the country or town where you live.

e.g. My only aim is to represent Britain at the Olympics.
我唯一的目标是代表英国参加奥运会。

4. 使有代表性
If a group of people or things is well represented in a particular activity or in a particular place, a lot of them can be found there.

e.g. Women are already well represented in the area of TV drama...
女性在电视剧领域占据了一席之地。
e.g. In New Mexico all kinds of cuisines are represented.
在新墨西哥州， 有各种各样的烹饪方法。

5. 相当于，代表着（变化、成就、胜利等）
If you say that something represents a change, achievement, or victory, you mean that it is a change, achievement, or victory.

e.g. The pieces on view are not grouped around any one theme, but rather represent superb examples from various periods...
展出的作品并非围绕着一个主题，而是不同时期的经典之作。
e.g. These developments represented a major change in the established order.
这些发展代表了现有秩序的重大转变。

6. (标志或符号)意味着，代表着，标志着
If a sign or symbol represents something, it is accepted as meaning that thing.

e.g. ...a black dot in the middle of the circle is supposed to represent the source of the radiation.
圆圈中心的黑点应该是表示放射源。

7. 象征;体现;反映
To represent an idea or quality means to be a symbol or an expression of that idea or quality.

e.g. We believe you represent everything British racing needs.
我们相信你代表了英国赛马所需要的一切。

8. 描绘;描写
If you represent a person or thing as a particular thing, you describe them as being that thing.

e.g. The popular press tends to represent him as an environmental guru.
大众媒体往往把他描绘成环保领袖。

形容词明确的; 一定的; 肯定; 有把握

1. 明确的;确定的
If something such as a decision or an arrangement is definite, it is firm and clear, and unlikely to be changed.

e.g. It's too soon to give a definite answer...
要给出一个明确的答复，现在还为时过早。
e.g. Her Royal Highness has definite views about most things...
女王陛下对大多数事情都有明确的观点。

2. (证据或信息)确凿的，确切的
Definite evidence or information is true, rather than being someone's opinion or guess.

e.g. We didn't have any definite proof...
我们没有任何确实的证据。
e.g. If you have any definite news of my husband, please let me know...
如果有我丈夫的确切消息，请一定告诉我。

3. 清楚的;明显的;无疑的
You use definite to emphasize the strength of your opinion or belief.

e.g. There has already been a definite improvement...
已经有了显著的改进。
e.g. That's a very definite possibility.
那是很有可能的。

4. 肯定的;有把握的
Someone who is definite behaves or talks in a firm, confident way.

e.g. Mary is very definite about this.
玛丽对此非常肯定。

5. 清晰的;分明的
A definite shape or colour is clear and noticeable.

e.g. Studying his face in the bathroom mirror he wished he had more definite features.
看着浴室镜子中的脸，他真希望自己的五官能够更分明一些。

名词尝试; 实验，试验

不及物动词尝试; 做实验，进行试验

名词障碍（物）; 障碍物（绊脚石，障碍栅栏）

1. 障碍物
An obstacle is an object that makes it difficult for you to go where you want to go, because it is in your way.

e.g. Most competition cars will only roll over if they hit an obstacle...
大多数赛车只有在撞上障碍物时才会翻车。
e.g. He left her to navigate her own way round the trolleys and other obstacles.
他扔下她一个人在一堆手推车和其他障碍物之间绕来绕去。

2. 障碍；困难；阻碍
You can refer to anything that makes it difficult for you to do something as an obstacle .

e.g. Overcrowding remains a large obstacle to improving conditions...
过分拥挤仍然是改善环境的一大障碍。
e.g. To succeed, you must learn to overcome obstacles.
必须学会克服困难才能成功。

名词进步; 前进; [生物学]进化; （向更高方向）增长

动词发展; （使）进步，（使）进行; 促进

不及物动词发展; （向更高方向）增进

形容词不稳固的; 不坚定的; 易变的; 反复无常的

1. 不稳定的；不可靠的；动荡的
You can describe something as unstable if it is likely to change suddenly, especially if this creates difficulty or danger.

e.g. After the fall of Pitt in 1801 there was a decade of unstable government...
1801年皮特倒台后，政府经历了10年的动荡。
e.g. The situation is unstable and potentially dangerous.
情况不稳定，可能有危险。

2. 不牢固的；松脱的
Unstable objects are likely to move or fall.

e.g. Both clay and sandstone are unstable rock formations.
黏土和砂岩都是不牢固的岩石构造。

3. （情绪）不稳定的，波动的
If people are unstable, their emotions and behaviour keep changing because their minds are disturbed or upset.

e.g. He was emotionally unstable...
他情绪不稳定。
e.g. Coleridge was also a highly unstable person.
科尔里奇还是个情绪非常不稳定的人。

及物动词完成; 使结束; 使落实

不及物动词定案; 把…最后定下来

名词创造性，创造力，创作能力