2009年5月6日 星期三

go awry

go awry
if something goes awry, it does not happen in the way that was planned

Let's hope they train their cross hairs where they do the least damage.
讓我們期待他們可以瞄準一點,可以使得傷害少一點。

train sth on/at sb/sth
to aim something such as a gun or camera at someone or something
 She trained her binoculars on the bird.

cross hair or cross·hair (krôshâr, krŏs-)n.
Either of two fine strands of wire crossed in the focus of the eyepiece of an optical instrument and used as a calibration or sighting reference.(射擊時,瞄準時出現在鏡頭的十字線)

outsourcing whole swaths of a tech business is old hat.

A few years ago tech companies would have blanched at the idea of outsourcing R&D.

blanch--To turn white or become pale

Tempted to get back into stocks, but still feeling the burn from last year's collapse?

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