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Obesity from overwork describes the situation that many office workers become overweight, or even obese due to overwork, excessive sitting and pressur...

Situational intimacy refers to intimate feelings that are generated by proximity or a shared situation instead of love or some other deep connection. ...

Seasonal affective disorder (SAD) is a type of depression that sets in or starts in the winter months. Unlike other types of depression, it may improv...

Zero hour字面意思是零点。这个习惯用语起始于1917年第一次世界大战期间，是指发动某一军事行动的时刻。在这关键性时刻迫近时，战壕里的军官便看着手表上的分针秒针倒数计时直到预定时刻，也就是零点，就立即对部下发出信号，命令大家跃出战壕扑向敌人的阵地。如今军队里仍然用zero hour来指发动军事...

Happy hour从字面上看意思显然是快乐时光。这个歌说法起源于四十多年前纽约的一家酒吧。一天店主在玻璃橱窗上贴了一张广告说，这家酒吧把每天下午五点到六点定为happy hour。在这段时间，半价出售饮料，而这时间段正是人们离开办公室回家的时候。这张happy hour广告立即吸引了街上熙来攘往的...

Banker是银行家。三十多年前银行开门营业的时间特别短，从早上十点到下午两、三点就结束了，所以银行家的上班时间每天只有四、五个小时，于是人们就开始流行用banker's hours这个说法来特指安逸舒适的工作了。如今的银行为了在激烈的竞争中生存，也不得不延长每天的营业时间。但是banker...

Authorities are instructed to provide exam takers with standard stationery and make fingerprint identification instruments available in areas where th...

A recent survey of 2,239 public servants from 20 different central state organs found that 63.3 percent of those interviewed complained of moderate an...

Tokyo's decision to 'purchase' Diaoyu Islands sparked a focused and determined response, Beijing on Monday announced territorial coordinat...

HK Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying (CE) said the government is willing to communicate with all parties, and is not intending to "brainwash" ...