关于“零”的三个习语
爱思英语编者按: 零在我们生活中常常遇到在平常不过了,可是你知道有哪些和零有关的英文表达吗?为你介绍跟zero相关的三个习语,学会更地道表达。 1. zero in on Meaning: If you zero in on something, you focus your attention on it. If you're reporting on an issue rather than an event, first get the reader interested by zeroing in on the main players and their conflict. I like the way our lecturer zeroes in on the central issues without spending too much time on all that boring background information. 2. zero tolerance Meaning: If something is given zero tolerance, it won't be accepted even once. Because of the school's zero-tolerance policy, our boy was expelled for smoking just one cigarette. 3. zero-sum game Meaning: A zero-sum game is a situation in which any gain by one side or person is at the expense of a loss to another side or person involved in the situation. The stock market has become a giant zero-sum game in which one investor gains what another investor loses. In a zero-sun game, if you add the total gains of the participants and the total losses of the participants, the sum will always be zero. |