1.be open to 对……持开放态度;愿意接受
One person familiar with the matter has said Yahoo is open to selling itself to the right bidder.
知情人士说,雅虎愿意把自己卖给出价合适的竞标者 。
2.dangle rewards to sb.用回报/奖赏诱导……
A strong belief in the need to dangle rewards to people to motivate them implies that people lack not just skills but the desire to acquire them.
人们坚定地认为,需要用回报来激励大家,这一观念反映出人们不仅缺乏有关的技能,也缺乏学习这些技能的欲望 。
3.heavy hand 重重地;专横地;
My father always punished us with a heavy hand.
父亲经常对我们严加处罚 。
4.show little tolerance for 对……几乎不予任何宽容
At the political level, Boomers already have shown little tolerance for intolerant politicians and they demand our leaders offer more than lip service.
在政治层面上,婴儿潮一代对心胸不够宽广的政客几乎不予任何宽容,他们要求,我们的领导人不能总是口惠而实不至 。
v. 说,说话,演说