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The brown- envelope whip-round has become as common as the printer jam, gift shops are overcrowded with leaving cards the size of Japan (to accommodate hundreds of straining-to-be- witty messages written at an angle), and every corner of every bar on every Friday night is occupied by a gaggle of suits and skirts saying farewell to someone whose name they can barely recall.

装着大家凑份子钱的牛皮纸信封，已变得像打印机被卡住一样普遍；礼品店里摆满了日本版图一样的离别卡片（这是为了装得下同事们写在卡片角落里、拼命显得很睿智的数百条留言）；每个周五晚上，每个酒吧的每个角落里，每个身着西装和套裙的男男女女，都在吵吵嚷嚷着挥别某个他们可能连名字都叫不上来的同事。

There is an increasing tendency of species altitudinal distribution with the decrease of latitude on the east-facing aspect of the CMR. In contrast, the tendency is barely noticeable on the west-facing aspect.

分析同一个坡向上，物种沿纬度梯度的分布趋势，其结果显示在东向坡，物种海拔分布随纬度的减少而增加；而在西向坡，这个趋势并不明显。

It was barely 10 years ago that a well-reasoned cover story in The Economist told us we were "drowning in oil" and that its price could drop by more than half to $5 a barrel.

就在10年前，《经济学人》上一篇论证充分的封面文章告诉我们，我们正&泡在石油&中，而油价可能会下跌一半以上，降到5美元一桶。

Because of reduced oil prices and Gulf War debt, Saudi Arabia is so strapped for cash that it barely met the deadline for its latest $375 million payment on its U.S.

由于油价下跌，加上海湾战争时所背负的债务，沙特阿拉伯已是国库空虚，几乎无力按照与美国所签订的购武合约，如期支付最新一期的3.75亿美元的款项。

Because of reduced oil prices and Gulf War debt, Saudi Arabia is so strapped for cash that it barely met deadline for its latest $375 million payment on its U.S. weapons contracts.

由于油价下跌，加上海湾战争时所背负的债务，沙特阿拉伯已是国库空虚，几乎无力按照与美国签订的武器购买合同，如期支付最近一笔3.75亿美元。

Because of reduced oil prices and Gulf War debt, Saudi Arabia is so strapped for cash that it barely met the deadline for its latest $375 million payment on its U.S. weapons contracts.

由于油价下跌，加上海湾战争时所背负的债务，沙特阿拉伯已是国库空虚，几乎无力按照与美国签订的武器购买合同，如期支付最近一笔3.75亿美元。

Because of reduced oil prices and Gulf War debt, Saudi Arabia is so strapped for cash that it barely met the deadline for its latest $375 million payment on its U.S.

TIME， Mar.14， 1994， p.21 由于油价下跌，加上海湾战争时所背负的债务，沙特阿拉伯已是国库空虚，几乎无力按照与美国签订的武器购买合同，如期支付最近一笔 3.75 亿美元。

Strpt 阮囊羞涩的 Because of reduced oil prices and Gulf War debt, Saudi Arabia is so strapped for cash that it barely met the deadline for its latest $375 million payment on its U.S.

TIME， Mar.14， 1994， p.21 由于油价下跌，加上海湾战争时所背负的债务，沙特阿拉伯已是国库空虚，几乎无力按照与美国签订的武器购买合同，如期支付最近一笔 3.75 亿美元。

Strpt Because of reduced oil prices and Gulf War debt, Saudi Arabia is so strapped for cash that it barely met Chapter1 简易词形容词,副词 11 the deadline for its latest $375 million payment on its U.S.

TIME， Mar.14， 1994， p.21 由于油价下跌，加上海湾战争时所背负的债务，沙特阿拉伯已是国库空虚，几乎无力按照与美国签订的武器购买合同，如期支付最近一笔 3.75 亿美元。

Because of reduced oil prices and Gulf War debt, Saudi Arabia is so strapped for cash that it barely met the deadline for its latest $375 million payment on its U.S.

Tips：&strap for cash&翻法比较灵活，对于个人，翻为&手头紧&、&生活拮据&，对于企业，翻为&资金紧缺&，对于国家，翻为&国库空虚&。

What was it that made you want to change sider ?

是什么使你临阵倒戈？

I don't know what he wants, but let's play along with him.

我不知道他要干什么，可我