Disciplinary committee maybe gives me a slap on the wrist.

Always gets off with just a slap on the wrist.

总是略予申斥就放了。

The current recession was triggered by a slump in consumer spending

目前的经济衰退是由消费支出骤跌引起的。

Yet a slump in share prices could stifle new-found investor confidence in equities and limit the amount of capital raised from the market.

但股价的暴跌可能扼杀投资者对股市重新树立的信心，降低股市筹资额。

China would face a slump and the mother of all banking crises.

中国将面临一场暴跌和迄今规模最大的银行业危机。

Respect and friendship provide a solid foundation for marriage.

尊重和伴侣关系是婚姻的牢固基础。

Without a solid foundation, knowledge doesn't last.

没有坚实的基础，知识也会慢慢消失。

This provided a solid foundation for their marriage.

这为他们的婚姻提供了坚实的基础。

Now, now, don't be a sore loser.

你别输不起啊

You're quite a sore loser.

你真是个不折不扣的衰人。

You cant stop a sore loser from thinking what they want and you cant convince them out of their opinion.

你无法让一个输不起的人停下来想下他们要什么，也无法驳倒他们的观点。

A sound sleep would do you good.

好好睡一下对你会有好处的。

Don't work up me, I want a sound sleep!

别激起我的精神，我想好好睡一觉！

He awoke from a sound sleep.

他从酣睡中醒来。

He looks as though he hasn't had a square meal for weeks.

看他那样子，就好像几个星期没吃过一顿像样的饭了。

She filled her guests with a square meal.

她以丰盛的一餐来满足她的客人。

Give them a status symbol and you can't go wrong.

给他们象征身分的东西是不会错的。

Love of classical music is carried like a status symbol.

喜欢古典音乐是社会公认的身份标志。

Just as carrying a Starbucks coffee cup has become a celebrity fashion accessory and a slung-over-the-shoulder yoga mat can signify a certain devotion to spiritual fitness, porting a clear bottle of green vegetable juice has evolved into a status symbol.

就像端一杯星巴克（Starbucks）咖啡已经成为明星时尚配件、肩上挎个瑜伽垫标志着某种对精神健身的忠诚一样，带一瓶清澈的绿色蔬菜汁也已经演化成一种身份象征。

Mr Welburn says one of the reasons Buick has become so successful in China – where owning a Buick is a status symbol – is that its fluid lines are more oriental in feel than the angular shapes of some other global auto models.

威尔本表示，别克在中国如此成功，原因之一是其流线型设计比起其他一些国际品牌的生硬造型显得更具东方感。在中国，拥有一辆别克是一种身份象征。

Well, take a supply of these leaflets.

对了，请自行拿些说明书吧！