词：big-
例句：Retail sales are sluggish, especially for big-ticket items.
2. 体会这个词 （进阶篇）
我们都很熟悉 big 作为形容词表示“大”，今天我们学习几个它作为前缀使用的例子。
多嘴多舌， big-mouthed。
The surprise was spoiled by my big-mouthed friend.
说到像宜家、沃尔玛这样的大型购物商场，能用 super center，supermarket , big-box store/retailer 表示。
big-ticket，表示“昂贵的”“要花费许多钱的”，big-ticket item
Retail sales are sluggish, especially for big-ticket items.
Sales of big-ticket items like homes and cars inevitably rise and fall with the business cycle, but RVs are especially susceptible to such swings.
3. 从认识到会用（作业）
1）翻译下面的句子：
购买昂贵物品时，人们依然青睐实体店而不是网络购物。
When purchasing big-ticket items, people prefer physical stores to online shops.
（参考翻译：When it comes to buying big-ticket items, people still favor buying in brick-and-mortar stores as opposed to online. )
造句：
Costco作为一个大型购物商家，始终还是比起其他竞争对手遥遥领先，比起它的价格策略，它得益更多于它有名的服务。
Costco as a big-box store is still out of other rivals due to more its well-known service than its price strategy.
