2019-05-02 big-

词：big- 

例句：Retail sales are sluggish, especially for big-ticket items.

2. 体会这个词 （进阶篇）

我们都很熟悉 big 作为形容词表示“大”，今天我们学习几个它作为前缀使用的例子。    

多嘴多舌， big-mouthed。

The surprise was spoiled by my big-mouthed friend.

说到像宜家、沃尔玛这样的大型购物商场，能用 super center，supermarket , big-box store/retailer 表示。

big-ticket，表示“昂贵的”“要花费许多钱的”，big-ticket item

Retail sales are sluggish, especially for big-ticket items.

Sales of big-ticket items like homes and cars inevitably rise and fall with the business cycle, but RVs are especially susceptible to such swings.

3. 从认识到会用（作业）  

1）翻译下面的句子：    

购买昂贵物品时，人们依然青睐实体店而不是网络购物。    

When purchasing big-ticket items, people prefer physical stores to online shops.  

（参考翻译：When it comes to buying big-ticket items, people still favor buying in brick-and-mortar stores as opposed to online. ) 

造句：

Costco作为一个大型购物商家，始终还是比起其他竞争对手遥遥领先，比起它的价格策略，它得益更多于它有名的服务。

Costco as a big-box store is still out of other rivals due to more its well-known service than its price strategy.