obligation trips 尽责之旅
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Obligation trips are the trips that people make to witness other people's milestones1 like weddings, college graduations, or various kinds of reunions. They are not supposed to say no to these invitations and these trips are filling up their travel calendars and invading their savings2.
 
Obligation trips(尽责之旅)指人们受邀出席的那些重要聚会活动,如婚礼、大学毕业典礼或各类聚会。他们一般无法拒绝这样的邀请,而这一类活动占据了他们大部分的出行计划,同时也让他们的钱包被掏空不少。
 
Forty-one percent of U.S. travelers spend the majority of their vacation budgets on obligation trips, according to survey data recently released by Hotwire.com. As travelers jet around for other people's milestones, many are wishing for a getaway of their own. Hotwire's survey found that 89 percent of adults want to take more leisure trips but don't have the time or money for these vacations.
 
据一家名为Hotwire的网站调查显示,出行的美国人中有41%将大部分的度假预算都花在了这一类尽责之旅上。这些人在飞来飞去见证别人重要时刻的同时,也希望能够有时间自己出门度个假。Hotwire的调查显示,89%的成年人希望多出去度假散心,但苦于没有时间或金钱来实现。


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1 milestones 9b680059d7f7ea92ea578a9ceeb0f0db     
n.重要事件( milestone的名词复数 );重要阶段;转折点;里程碑
参考例句:
  • Several important milestones in foreign policy have been passed by this Congress and they can be chalked up as major accomplishments. 这次代表大会通过了对外政策中几起划时代的事件,并且它们可作为主要成就记录下来。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • Dale: I really envy your milestones over the last few years, Don. 我真的很羡慕你在过去几年中所建立的丰功伟绩。 来自互联网
2 savings ZjbzGu     
n.存款,储蓄
参考例句:
  • I can't afford the vacation,for it would eat up my savings.我度不起假,那样会把我的积蓄用光的。
  • By this time he had used up all his savings.到这时,他的存款已全部用完。
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