【工作篇】（中）：二、淡旺季類

1.     淡&旺季：慣. off/slack/dull/low/out of season; 反ó high/peak/in season

〔例句〕Because of[1] the climatic[2] conditions[3], there are obvious[4] high and off seasons in the tourism in North America, North Europe, and Russia. The earnings of hotels in these regions[5] are substantially[6] influenced[7] by the seasonal demands[8].  

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[1] 片. 由於; 因為(接名詞N.—不能有動詞)

[2] 形. 氣候上的

[3] 名. 條件; 狀況

[4] 形. 明顯的; 顯眼的

[5] 名. 區域

[6] 副. 大大地; 本質上地

[7] 動. 影響

[8] 名. 需求

衍生

2.     (交通)尖&離峰：慣. rush/peak hour/time; 反ó off-peak time

3.     通勤：動.名. (to) commute

    〔例句〕To help employees avoid[1] being stuck[2] by the traffic jam[3] in the rush time each/every morning, my company permits staff who commute to[4] report to duty, at latest[5], by 10:00 am. But they cannot get off work until[6] the off-peak time, i.e. 7:00 p.m. in this city.

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[1] 動. 避免 (+Ving)

[2] 動. 卡住的; 動不了的; 無法擺脫困境的

[3] 慣. 塞車

[4] 文句. permit sb. to V准許…去做=: allow…to V

[5] 片. 最晚<-> at earliest

[6] 文句. 直到…才…

4.      低調/淡化&高調：動. (to) downplay/soft-pedal; 形. (be) understated; 片. lie low; low

Key/profile; play down; make light of; 反ó high profile; make much of

〔例句〕A contrast[1] exists[2] between the two mayor[3] candidates[4]. One    
 is always to downplay his wealthy origin[5] while the other one is making   
 much of his entrepreneurship[6] in business background[7].

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[1] 名. 對照

[2] 動. 存在

[3] 名. 市長

[4] 名. 候選人

[5] 名. 出身源起

[6] 名. 創業家精神

[7] 名. 背景

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