Elon Musk-复盘-Ch8&9

Day 14

Chapter 8-9


Thoughts



Summary



words & expressions

tour of duty

case in point

cross fingers

cross your fingers

used to say that you hope something will happen in the way you want

She hung the washing out, then crossed her fingers for a dry day.

The exam’s at two. Will you keep your fingers crossed for me?

原文参考:

Three days later, in Kwaj, SpaceX’s engineers fueled up the Falcon 1 and crossed their fingers.

push forward

push yourself forward phrasal verb

British English to try to make other people notice you

Rupert was a quiet type, not one to push himself forward.

原文参考:

A traditional aerospace company would not have wanted the added risk, but Musk insisted that SpaceX

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