英语流利说 英语常用口语每天学 第78期:小心偷袭者

英语常用口语每天学 第78期:小心偷袭者  

Mary: I'm more worried about snipers.,Joe:Snipers?,Mary: Sniping is when someone makes a bid at the very last minute to steal something for a bargain price.,Joe: So you're afraid someone is going to snipe your Buddha?,Mary: I heard about a sofare program called TurboBid. It automatically submits a bid with just a few seconds to go in an auction.,Joe: Count me out. I can do without shills and snipers and turbo-bidders.,来源:恒星英语学习网-口语频道
sniper (n.) 阻击手。此处指专门在竞标最后一刻突然出现抢标的人, bargain (n.) 廉价，划算的买卖, submit (v.) 出价, auction (n.) 拍卖, count out 不算…在内，不考虑…在内,来源:恒星英语学习网-口语频道
玛丽：我倒比较担心偷袭者。,乔：偷袭者？,玛丽：‘偷袭’就是当有人快要标到某样东西的最后一刻，跑去抢标。,乔：所以你怕有人会偷袭你的佛像？,玛丽：我还听说有一种叫做‘特棒标’的软件。这软件会在结标前几秒自动抢标。,乔：我没兴趣。不用炒手、偷袭者和特棒标软件，我也能标到物品。,来源:恒星英语学习网-口语频道