今日短语

Low-hanging fruit 容易实现的目标

今日短语 

“Low-hanging fruit” 的字面意思是 “挂在低处的果实”，实际用来比喻 “最容易得到的事物” 或 “最简单的、最容易达成的目标”。

例句

The company made cuts with the low-hanging fruit – they reduced the number of staff.
该公司从最容易达成削减经费目标的地方着手，裁减了员工人数。

To cut energy consumption, we need to reduce worldwide air traffic, rather than making petrol and car tax more expensive – these are just the low-hanging fruit.
要想降低能源消耗，我们需要减少全球空中交通，而不是增加汽油税和汽车税，这两项都是最容易做到的。

To complete our project on time, let’s start with the low-hanging fruit.
为了能按时完成我们的项目，让我们从最简单的地方开始。