He used his wife's birthday as a convenient excuse for not going to the meeting.

他说要给妻子过生日，利用这个借口，就不去参加会议了。

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The bar has become notorious as a meeting-place for drug dealers.

这家酒吧作为毒品贩子接头的场所已变得声名狼藉。

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As the new sales director for a national computer firm, Alex Gordon was looking forward to his first meeting with the company's district managers.

亚历克斯·戈登是一家全国性电脑公司的新任销售总监，他期待着与该公司地区经理的首次会面。

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