1.hard-hit 遭受打击
In some hard-hit areas, many laid-off workers are giving up searches.
在一些深受打击的区域中,许多下岗的工人放弃搜索 。
2.put forward 提出
I rang the Colonel and asked him to put my name forward for the vacancy in Zurich.
我给上校打电话请他推荐我去填补苏黎世的那个职位空缺 。
3.take a risk 冒险
You take a risk by investing it all in one area.
你将所有的积蓄投资一处是很冒险的 。
4.scramble to 奋力
Shoppers were scrambling to get the best bargains.
顾客争先恐后地抢购最便宜的特价商品 。
5.heat up 加剧
Then in the last couple of years, the movement for democracy began to heat up.
然后在过去几年里,民主运动开始升温 。