bother

【1】麻烦

 

可接用不定式，句式：bother to do sth。

【例】You need not bother to return the defective machine to us as one of our experts is on a business trip in your country and he can put it right at your factory.

你不必将那台有瑕疵的机器退还我们，因为我们有个专家正因公在贵国，他能到你工厂将机器修好。

 

【2】bother oneself [one’s head, one’s brains] about…为……而操心[伤脑筋]

 

【例】The price of the goods quoted by us is very competitive. You need not bother yourselves about their sales possibility in your market.

我们所报的货物价格很有竞争力，你们不必为货物在你地市场上是否能销费心。

 

bottleneck

瓶颈，发展的阻碍

 

【例】He pushed everyone full speed ahead until production hit a bottleneck.

他催促所有人拼命干活，直到生产遭遇瓶颈。

 

bottom

【1】底部，船底

 

【例】The world is scraping bottom in the deepest economic slump in a half-century.

世界正处在半个世纪中最严重的经济萧条之中。

 

【2】（价格等）最低点

 

①【例】Prices have touched bottom.

价格已达到了最低点

 

②可用作定语。

【例】We have quoted you our bottom [rock-bottom] prices, and we hope you will find them satisfactory.

我们已报出最低价格，希望你方能感到满意。