drained = ( very tired ) 累垮了,筋疲力尽

例：You should get more sleep, You've been looking really drained recently .

你应该多睡睡，最近你看起来很累的样子.

例：A：How's your trip to Europe ?

你去欧洲玩得怎么样？

B：It was great , but I'm so drained from traveling , I need another vacation !

不错，可就是我玩得太累了，我还要休假.

pitch 说服

例：Companies use TV commericals to pitch new products to the public .

公司通过电视广告的形式来说服大众去买他们的新产品.

例：A：Would you and Betty like to come over to dinner tommorrow night!

明晚你要和Betty一起来我家吃晚饭.

B：Let me pitch the idea to her when I get home, I'll give you a call later .

我一到家我就去说服他，回头给你电话.

hunch¹:直觉,预感

It seemed that the doctor's hunch had been right. 看起来医生的直觉是对的。

My hunch is that the burglars² are still in the area. 我凭直觉认为盗贼还在这个地区。

I had a hunch (that) you'd be back. 我有预感你会回来。

rat race 竞争激烈

例：Did you like studying at Harvard ?

你喜欢在哈佛大学读书吗.

No，it was a rat race .The students there were too competitive³ .

不喜欢，那里的学生竞争太激烈了.

例：The job market is a rat race right now，because the economy is bad and unemployment is high .

现在的就业市场竞争太激烈了，因为经济不景气失业率也很高.

drop everything 放下手头的事情去做别的事

例：We dropped everything to run outside and see the first snow of the year .

我们放下手头的事跑出去看今年的第一场雪.

例：I want to help you, but I'm really busy right now and I can't drop everything to pick you up .

我真的想帮你，可现在我太忙了，我不能把手头上的事放下去接你.