今日短语
“Low-hanging fruit” 的字面意思是 “挂在低处的果实”,实际用来比喻 “最容易得到的事物” 或 “最简单的、最容易达成的目标”。
例句
The company made cuts with the low-hanging fruit – they reduced the number of staff.
该公司从最容易达成削减经费目标的地方着手,裁减了员工人数。
To cut energy consumption, we need to reduce worldwide air traffic,
rather than making petrol and car tax more expensive – these are just
the low-hanging fruit.
要想降低能源消耗,我们需要减少全球空中交通,而不是增加汽油税和汽车税,这两项都是最容易做到的。
To complete our project on time, let’s start with the low-hanging fruit.
为了能按时完成我们的项目,让我们从最简单的地方开始。