drained = ( very tired ) 累垮了,筋疲力尽

例：You should get more sleep, You've been looking really drained recently .
你应该多睡睡，最近你看起来很累的样子.

例：A：How's your trip to Europe ?
你去欧洲玩得怎么样？
B：It was great , but I'm so drained from traveling , I need another vacation !
不错，可就是我玩得太累了，我还要休假.



pitch 说服

例：Companies use TV commericals to pitch new products to the public .
公司通过电视广告的形式来说服大众去买他们的新产品.

例：A：Would you and Betty like to come over to dinner tommorrow night!
明晚你要和Betty一起来我家吃晚饭.
B：Let me pitch the idea to her when I get home, I'll give you a call later .
我一到家我就去说服他，回头给你电话.



hunch:直觉,预感

It seemed that the doctor's hunch had been right. 看起来医生的直觉是对的。

My hunch is that the burglars are still in the area. 我凭直觉认为盗贼还在这个地区。

I had a hunch (that) you'd be back. 我有预感你会回来。



rat race 竞争激烈

例：Did you like studying at Harvard ?
你喜欢在哈佛大学读书吗.
No，it was a rat race .The students there were too competitive .
不喜欢，那里的学生竞争太激烈了.

例：The job market is a rat race right now，because the economy is bad and unemployment is high .
现在的就业市场竞争太激烈了，因为经济不景气失业率也很高.



drop everything 放下手头的事情去做别的事

例：We dropped everything to run outside and see the first snow of the year .
我们放下手头的事跑出去看今年的第一场雪.

例：I want to help you, but I'm really busy right now and I can't drop everything to pick you up .
我真的想帮你，可现在我太忙了，我不能把手头上的事放下去接你.



go by 别名、又称

例：My friend Robert usually goes by Bob.
我的朋友罗伯特通常别人叫他鲍勃.

例： Writers sometimes go by pen names, not their real names.
作家很多时候都用笔名，那并不是他们的真名.



scratch that 忘掉吧，算了吧

例：A: How was your test ?
你考得怎么样?

B: Scratch that . Let's talk about something fun .
别提了，我们谈些有趣的事吧?

例：Let's get dinner at 7 o'clock .
我们7点钟去吃晚饭.

Scratch that . I'm hungry , so let's eat now .
算了吧我饿了，我们现在去吃吧.



dreamy 有魅力,迷人

例：The young Prince William is dreamy, but I think he is a bit of a troublemaker.
年轻的威廉姆王子很迷人,但是我想他是位惹麻烦的人.

例：The girls in my school think that the new Chinese teacher is dreamy. Too bad he's married.
我学校的女孩子都认为新来的中文老师太迷人了，可是太遗憾了他已经成家了.



brainstorm 灵机一动，集思广益

例：We need to sit down and brainstorm ideas for a new marketing slogan for a new product.
我们需要量坐下集思广益一些想法为新产品在市场推广做个广告语.

例：After a bit of brainstorming, Evelyn came up with several great titles for her book.
经过想了一阵后，Evelyn为他的书想出来了好几个.