the silly season

It's once again that time of year that marks the "silly season" of technology prognostications.

现在又是每年缺乏关于技术预测的时间了。

August has been the silly season for US chief executives.

8月向来是美国首席执行官们容易做蠢事的季节。

Mind you, we're getting into the silly season now.

听着, 我们现在进入新闻饥荒期.

The front-page story is about a dog that can ride a bicycle-it must be the silly season.

这张报纸的头版新闻报导了一条会骑自行车的狗&现在一定是新闻饥荒期。

With the silly season winding down, British recruiting firm Aspire asked its headhunters in the U.K., Singapore, and Hong Kong to recall the strangest excuses they'd heard lately from candidates who either came late to job interviews or never turned up at all.

随着这个无聊季节的结束，英国猎头公司Aspire要求英国、新加坡和香港的猎头们回忆一下面试迟到或根本未在面试中露面的求职者都给出了哪些最奇葩的理由。现在，让我们一起鉴赏一下吧。