hoosegow ['hu:sɡ?u]

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監(jiān)獄（名詞，美國俚語）

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(noun, AMERICAN SLANG) Jail.

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EXAMPLE: If our dishonest competitors ever get caught they will all be sent to the hoosegow.

如果我們不誠實的競爭對手被抓住,，他們肯定進(jìn)監(jiān)獄,。

to step it up

改善

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To improve or speed up one’s performance of a task.

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EXAMPLE: The lazy employee’s sales were low, and so his boss told him to step it up and make more sales or he would be fired.

由于這位懶惰員工的銷售額低，老板叫他改善,，增加銷售,，否則就解雇他。