1.post office 邮局

例句:The post office got behind in delivering Christmas mail.

邮局没有及时发送圣诞节邮件。

2.burglar alarm 防窃报警器

例句:This “burglar alarm,” scientists speculate, is meant to attract the attention of an even bigger creature that might be able to eat the predator and free the jellyfish.

科学家推断，这种“防盗报警器”是为了引起更大生物的注意，有可能能够吃掉它的敌人，从而将它解救出来。

3.growth industry 成长行业

例句:That’s probably why investors around the globe are flocking to farmland as the new growth industry.

这也很可能是为什么全球投资者都对农田趋之若鹜——这是新的增长产业。

4.shut down 关闭

例句:So I have to shut down my blog.

所以，我只好把我的博客关闭起来。