
Traders at a Stock Exchange in Brazil. Photo: Inacio Texeira / AP
今日小常識
According to figures issued by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development in 2011 people in Greece, Hungary and Poland worked the most hours per week in Europe.
根據(jù)經(jīng)濟合作與發(fā)展組織在2011年公布的數(shù)據(jù)顯示,每周職員工作時間最長的國家是希臘,匈牙利和波蘭 。
今日短語
如果說你是 up against it, 那就意味著你非常忙,工作很緊張,任務(wù)有固定的截止時間。
例句
I'm sorry I'll call you later. I'm really up against it today.
He's got lots to do today. He's really up against it.
I was up against it last week. Sorry I didn't have time to see you.
請注意
另一個和時間有關(guān)的短語是 to race against the clock, 意思是同時間賽跑,在規(guī)定時間內(nèi)完成任務(wù)。
It's a race against the clock. I don't think I'm going to have this presentation done in time.