If you insist on your original price, I'm afraid you will have little chance to get the business.
如果您坚持原来的价格,恐怕您获得这笔交易的可能性极小。
商务英语 900 句
第 80 部分
📚 句中词汇解析
从本句中提取的重要词汇
vt.& vi. 坚持;强调;坚决要求;坚决认为;
💡 in加强+sist站立→一直站→坚持;硬要
"Our buyers insist on high standards of workmanship and materials."
我们的买主对工艺和材料坚持要高标准。
近义:persevere, persist, continue
反义:quit, stop, cease, abandon, end, abdicate
adj. 原始的;独创的;最初的;新颖的;
n. 原文;原型;原件;怪人;
💡 ori(orient东方)+gin(gene)+al: 原先的 最早的
"Hitler's original plan was to kill off all the German Jews."
希特勒的最初打算是杀光德国所有的犹太人.
近义:archetype, model, paradigm, pattern, prototype, standard
反义:image, remake, replica, replication, reproduction, tenor
n. 价格,价钱;代价;价值;赏金;
vt. 标价;定价;问…的价格;给…定价;
💡 平(p) 价大米(rice)不贵
"This pass enables me to travel half - price on trains."
我用这张通行证可以半价乘火车.
近义:appraise, appreciate, assess, quote, rate, value
adj. 害怕的;担心的;恐怕;畏惧,害怕;
💡 词根af-向,词缀raid打、袭击,“担心挨打
"It's all over. There's nothing to be afraid of now."
一切都结束了。现在没有什么可怕的了。
近义:apprehensive, intimidated, nervous, awed, awestricken, awestruck
反义:intrepid, mettlesome, nervy, audacious, plucky, rash
adj. 小的;琐碎的;娇小的;幼小的;
adv. 不多,略微;少许,一点;短时间地;
n. (表示否定)微少;没有多少;短时间;
det. (数量上)微少的,少到几乎没有的;(a little)少量的,一些;
"His little affectations irritated her."
他的装腔作势令她不快。
近义:minute, pokey, poky, short, small, tiny
反义:large, major, sizeable, sizable, some, capital