2018年1月21日 星期日

perk, let go, missed work







Tokyo to survey tourists' nightlife needs to perk up spending


With tourism up and spending down, the Tokyo Metropolitan Government intends to poll tourists on their nightlife needs and desires.


A former Trump campaign worker appointed at age 23 to a top position in the White House’s drug policy office was let go from a job at a law firm because he repeatedly missed work, a Post investigation has revealed.
The deputy chief of staff submitted a résumé with errors, including how long he worked at O’Dwyer & Bernstien in New York, a partner there said.
WASHINGTONPOST.COM




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VERB

perk up" or "perk someone/something up
  • Become or make more cheerful, lively, or interesting.
    no object ‘she'd been depressed, but she seemed to perk up last week’
    with object ‘the coffee had perked him up long enough to tackle the reviews’


Origin

Late Middle English (in the senses ‘perch’ and ‘be lively’): perhaps from an Old French dialect variant of percher ‘to perch’.

Pronunciation

perk

/pəːk/


Main definitions of perk in English

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NOUN

usually perks
informal 
  • 1A benefit to which one is entitled because of one's job.
    ‘many agencies are helping to keep personnel at their jobs by providing perks’
    1. 1.1 An advantage or benefit arising from a particular situation.
      ‘they were busy discovering the perks of town life’

Origin

Early 19th century: abbreviation of perquisite.

Pronunciation

perk

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Main definitions of perk in English

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VERB

informal 
  • (with reference to coffee) percolate.
    no object ‘while the coffee perks, head out for the morning paper’
    with object ‘she showed us how to perk the coffee’

NOUN

informal 
  • A coffee percolator.
    ‘Leo hooked up an extension cord for me so I can use my perk’

Origin

1930s: abbreviation of percolate.

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