音标 英式美式相同 /ˈsketʃ.i/

1. 表示信号不稳定（常见用法）：

sketchy cell service指的是：信号不稳定 / 覆盖不佳的移动网络服务

The cell service is pretty sketchy up in the mountains.
山区的手机信号很不稳定。

Wi-Fi at the café is sketchy — sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn’t.
咖啡店的Wi-Fi不太稳定，有时能用，有时用不了。

Excellent product. Works great in an area with sketchy cell service from one of the major providers. Easy setup; app download and activation were very simple.
非常优秀的产品。在某主流运营商信号不稳定的地区也能很好地运行。安装简单，应用程序的下载和激活过程也非常容易。

2. 表示人或行为可疑、靠不住：

That guy hanging around the parking lot looks kind of sketchy.
停车场附近那个家伙看起来有点可疑。

She gave me some sketchy excuse for not showing up.
她给的缺席理由听起来挺可疑的。

3. 表示信息不完整或不明确：

The details of the plan are still sketchy at this point.
目前这个计划的细节还不清楚。

So far we only have sketchy information about what caused the explosion.
迄今为止，我们仅仅掌握了关于爆炸起因的大概信息。

“stocks last”在常见的商业语境中，特别是在促销或销售活动中，通常被翻译为“售完即止”或“库存售完为止”。这个短语意味着某项商品或优惠活动将一直持续到库存耗尽为止。

This product is available while stocks last. 此产品售完即止。

Offer valid until 28th November or until stocks last, whichever comes first.优惠有效期至11月28日或售罄为止，以先达到者为准。

All the above sales are subject to availability and while stocks last.以上所有商品均视库存情况而定，售完即止。

happening in the opposite way
相反地，倒过来，以相反方式

I thought the older people would be more offended than the young people, but it was the other way round.
我以为那位老人会比年轻人更加生气，结果情况恰恰相反。

I think his wife was influencing him, not the other way round.
我认为是他的妻子在影响他，而不是相反的情况。

This way, you are taking your leaves to the shredder rather than the other way around.
这样做，你是把你的叶子送到了粉碎机里，而不是反过来。

Sometimes I come up with a lyric then write a tune and sometimes it’s the other way round.
有时我先想出歌词然后写曲子，有时候则相反。

He should be apologizing to me, not the other way round.
他应该向我道歉，而不是反过来。

We will vote you out, though. You work for us, not the other way around. If We The People want no more part of this, that’s exactly what is going to happen.
不过，我们会投票淘汰你。你为我们工作，而不是相反。如果我们人民不想再参与其中，那正是将要发生的事情。

I love how she’s confident enough to put forth her views about the current issues and struggles of women and how she’s able to relate to and understand them and then throw light on what the world has probably been doing wrong and comment on that. All of her thoughts and ideas and opinions are so down to earth and genuine that they just touch your heart and I really appreciate her efforts of making this world a better place to live in by promoting valuable projects and regenerating the idea of gender equality amongst the youth and the older generation as well.

我喜欢她有足够的自信来阐述她对女性当前问题和斗争的看法，以及她如何与她们建立联系并理解她们，然后揭示世界可能做错了什么并对此发表评论。她所有的想法、意见和主张都是如此真实，以至于打动了你的心。我真的很感激她通过推动有价值的项目和在年轻人和老一辈中重新树立性别平等的理念，使这个世界变得更美好。

1. put sth/sb forward
（美式英语）put sth/sb forth
提出（想法或计划）;推荐（某人）

2. cast/shed/throw light on sth
为…提供解释;使…较容易理解

3. down-to-earth
实际的;务实的

只不过，仅仅是，和…无差别

例句：

1. The play seems to be little more than a vehicle for its director and star. 那部戏看起来不过是为其导演兼主演量身打造的而已。（vehicle 为某个表演者或艺术家特意制作的电影或演出节目、展览等）

2. The President will be little more than a figurehead. 总统将不过是个傀儡而已。

司空见惯，普通的景象，随处可见

例句：

1. Today, hybrids and pure electric vehicles are a common sight around the world. 如今，混合动力车和纯电动汽车在世界各地随处可见。

2. Some birds which were once a common sight are now becoming rare. 有些曾经随处可见的鸟类现在日益稀少。

compound growth rate 复合增长率

compound annual growth rate 年均复合增长率（缩写：CAGR）

例句：

1. China’s overall coffee sales will rise at an 8.7% compound annual growth rate (CAGR) from 2022–2027, according to analytics firm GlobalData. CAGR is a measure of investment returns, which takes into account what an investment yields at an annual rate over a specified period. 根据分析公司GlobalData的数据，从2022年到2027年，中国咖啡的整体销售额将以8.7%的复合年增长率增长。复合年增长率是衡量投资回报的指标，它考虑了在特定时期内投资的年收益率。