时间:2018-12-31 作者:英语课 分类:职场社交


英语课


SCENE
A  吉娜去她老板的隔间看他 


【我就不拐弯抹角了】


 


Zina:  Vince. We're both busy, so I'm not going to beat around the bush. I need a 1) raise.


吉娜:         文斯。大家都很忙,我就不拐弯抹角了。我要加薪。


 


Vince:         I can't do that, Zina. You know I can't.


文斯:         办不到,吉娜。你知道我无能为力的。


 


Zina:           2) Bull. I're done my 3) research. I know you still 4) control more than 65 percent of InfoKing 5) options.


吉娜:         胡扯。我做了研究。我知道你仍掌握了资讯王百分之六十五以上的股权。


 


Vince:  Who told you that?


文斯:         谁跟你说的?


 


Zina:  That doesn't matter. I want 6) at least 4 percent.


吉娜:         那不重要。我少说要百分之四。


 


语言详解


 


A: I have done extensive research on the French Revolution.


    我对法国大革命做过广泛的研究。


 


B: Then you must have been to Paris.


    那你一定去过巴黎。


 


beat around the bush拐弯抹角】


 


beat around the bush原意是指猎人在打猎时,先在草丛附近拍打,以让鸟类猎物受惊而现出踪迹,引申出藉由迂回的方式,不针对问题回答,犹如中文里的拐弯抹角


 


A: Stop beating around the bush, and tell me what you want.


     别拐弯抹角,告诉我你要什么。


B: I want a divorce.


     我要离婚。


 


A: What did Tom want to tell you?


     汤姆那时想要跟你说什么?


B: I'm not sure. He kept beating around the bush.


     我不确定。他一直在拐弯抹角。


 


1raise  (n.) 加薪


2)  bull  原意是公牛,这里是用作 bullshit 委婉说法。


3)  research  (n.) 研究


4)  control  (v.) 控制


5)  option (n.) 选择,此指股票选择权


6)  at least  至少,起码



学英语单词
-metry
adenomatous polyp of colon
affiliate to
agrimonine
Anti-Streptokinase
aquiclude
arteriae cerebri media
astrogenesis
be personally on the scene
biomimetics
bitchiness
bullish factor
celsing
cidem
cloys
coalball
coherent processing
combustible liquids
compressinal vibratin
crookneck(pumpkin)
DCID
deerhair
degrease
deianeira
dimension series number
duclouxiana
dust abatment
floppy disk driver
Florence Of Worcester
forklift truck
frechedly
freestone
frig(e)
fruitmongers
Fureidīs
geohashing
giggle sticks
grit separator
hand-painted
have sb over a barrel
helicoptering
high load-factor operation
hop and touch toe
horse shoe bar
ichthyocholaotoxin
Ikanda
incised wound of larynx
indicator sign
kenesthesia
laryngotracheal autograft
liver in cream sauce
major hypnotism
meanwile
molecular susceptibility
mycterothrips caudibrunneus
n-plus-minus-one rule
naqvi
neck of uterus (or cervix of uterus)
nine old men
non - volatile storage
on-line citation
optothermal effect
output shaft with bevel pinion
oxydiacetate
paper chromatography analysis
phantasmagoricals
phoradendron serotinums
Photinia impressivena
pinking scissors
play to
polyhedral group
postdated
probabilities
psychoanalytical
self partial capacitance
shakyamuni
short-time fourier transform
sound mixing console
spacecraft attitude sensor
spatial sound
sports shop
stapleless
steel cable terminal
street-credibility
subscriber board
sulphotungstic acid
suprarenalemia
surprise parties
table producing language
team-owners
tenancy card
the new economy
tillous
Torafilon
track work
two component alloy
ungrazed area
unstable exchange market
veled
Yanguanian Stage
zero lag servo