英語常用口語每天學(xué) 第79課:小心偷襲者

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Mary: I'm more worried about snipers.

Joe: Snipers?

Mary: Sniping is when someone makes a bid at the very last minute to steal something for a bargain price.

Joe: So you're afraid someone is going to snipe your Buddha?

Mary: I heard about a software program called TurboBid. It automatically submits a bid with just a few seconds to go in an auction.

Joe: Count me out. I can do without shills and snipers and turbo-bidders.

★ sniper (n.) 阻擊手。此處指專門在競標(biāo)最后一刻突然出現(xiàn)搶標(biāo)的人

★ bargain (n.) 廉價，劃算的買賣

★ submit (v.) 出價

★ auction (n.) 拍賣

★ count out 不算…在內(nèi)，不考慮…在內(nèi)

瑪麗：我倒比較擔(dān)心偷襲者。

喬：偷襲者?

瑪麗：‘偷襲’就是當(dāng)有人快要標(biāo)到某樣?xùn)|西的最后一刻，跑去搶標(biāo)。

喬：所以你怕有人會偷襲你的佛像?

瑪麗：我還聽說有一種叫做‘特棒標(biāo)’的軟件。這軟件會在結(jié)標(biāo)前幾秒自動搶標(biāo)。

喬：我沒興趣。不用炒手、偷襲者和特棒標(biāo)軟件，我也能標(biāo)到物品。