时间:2018-12-31 作者:英语课 分类:职场社交


英语课


SCENE
A  吉娜回到了自己的隔间 


【你对每个人都了若指掌】


 


Zina:           So will you back me up if things get ugly with Elvin?


吉娜:         要是我跟艾文闹翻了,你会支持我吗?


 


Dave:          I will if you tell me how you're so sure that we're going to come out on top.


戴夫:         我会支持你,只要你说出你怎么如此肯定我们会独占鳌头。


 


Zina:  We just will. 1) Trust me on that.


吉娜:         我们就是会。信我就是了。


 


Dave:  After what you did, I don't know how hard Elvin's going to work to 2) meet your deadline 1.


戴夫:         在你做了那件事后,我不知道艾文工作会有多打拼,好赶上你的期限。


 


Zina:  He'll do it. He's too proud not to.


吉娜:         他会的。他拉不下这张老脸。


 


Dave:  You've got everyone 3) figured 2 out, don't you?


戴夫:         你对每个人都了若指掌,是吧?


 


Zina:  Yes, I do. Everyone.


吉娜:  对,我是。每个人。


 


语言详解


 


A: Are you going to be able to make the deadline?                                                                                                            


   你能赶上最后期限吗?


 


B: If I don' sleep for the next two days, it should be possible.


   如果我在接下来两天都不睡的话,应该可能。


 


...get ugly ……撕破脸】


 


ugly 除了大家所熟知的意思丑的,另外的常用意思是(事态)剑拔弩张something gets ugly... 的意思是指事态大有一发不可收拾的情势,或彼此的关系处于紧绷的紧张状态。


 


A: Things are getting ugly in here.


     事情弄到已经快要撕破脸了。


B: I'm going to leave before it gets any worse.


     我要在这里变得更糟糕以前先离开。


 


1) Trust me on that. 相信我就对了。这句话用在怂恿对方相信自己所说的话。


2) meet the deadline 赶上最后期限。meet 在此指符合、满足(要求)


3) figure out  理解,弄清楚



n.最后期限,截止日期
  • Next week is the deadline for sending in your application.呈递申请书的截止日期是下星期。
  • I want the report ready for the three o'clock deadline.我希望报告最迟在三点之前准备好。
adj.以图形和数字表示的,华丽的
  • I have figured out how much during the week I spent. 我算出了这个星期花了多少钱。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • We figured in the travel expenses but forgot the cost of meals. 我们把旅费算了进去,但忘了算伙食费。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
学英语单词
accuracy of readings
acidanhydride
actual danger
air-hydraulic amplifier
ambe
arch crown
argentums
audio acuity
Bas.
battery backup
beltlines
biarcuate
big if
bind on
Bukowno
catproofs
cavity modulation
cept.
charging for computer services
cluster number
commission on current account
confessionalisms
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contribution clause
control rod drift
convection return
convergent reactor
daily crude capacity
dericin
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diclothane
die bushing
direction of audit
Dugstad
early-morning
earning chance
effloresces
electronic money settlement fee
extraordinary grand jury
forgiven
front outline
full-steerability antenna
Great St. Bernard (Pass)
Hatzendorf
high rate activated sludge process
hypocritely
immunologic tissue
in-situ permeability test
intensify
inward
isentropic heat drop
jaggery palm
lacinial cleft
lengthwise piling
live pig
Maconga
main field coil
make a muff of sth
market ability
mid chord
modern Gothic style
motivational research
multiperpetrator
multiprocessor mode
Muscicapidae
mustle
my shout
nonmonic
North Adams
Nyasaland
observed random sample
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paging service
Pedra Preta
Phoradendron flavescens
Pinheiro Grande
pita breads
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quaternate
redeploy
replacement of bladder by sigmoid
satellite orbital track
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shiverer
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smolensk
social contracts
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Spirillum aquatilis
sulfur-rich char
tar felt
third flute
touh
toy with sth
two-constant of polymerization
ultra-violet ray
urine sodium
volta-
yielding interest
Zosi