轻松日记商务职场篇218:实话实说
时间:2019-01-26 作者:英语课 分类:轻松日记商务职场篇
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No bones about it.
实话实说吧。
No bones about it. 这个俚语至少可以追溯到1548年,一种猜测认为跟古代骰子游戏有关,形容玩者掷骰子的时候不会玩“对天祷告”或“和骰子说话”之类的小把戏,而是直截了当地拿起骰子一丢,这就是今天这个俚语意义的来源,即:“毫无疑问,实话实说,直截了当”。因此,当美国人说"no bones about it."时,他/她要表达的意思就是:"To be honest."、"Frankly speaking."。
情景对白:
Benjamin: Why did you rule out that strong cooperative partner?
本杰明:这家合作伙伴实力这么强,为什么您却把它给排除了呢?
Boss: No bones about it. It is only under the guise 1 of big companies.
老板:实话实说吧,它只是打着大公司的幌子。
搭配句积累:
①The boss has his own reason for doing so.
老板这样做自有他的道理。
②Your working attitude is appreciated by the boss.
你的工作态度很受老板赏识。
③You should also take the responsibility for the mistake.
这次的失误你也应该负责任。
④The boss demoted you intentionally 2.
老板是故意降你职的。
单词:
1. rule out
排除
The Prime Minister is believed to have ruled out cuts in child benefit or pensions.
据信首相已经排除了削减儿童救济金或养老金的可能。
Local detectives have ruled out foul 3 play.
当地的侦探已经排除了他杀的可能性。
The regulations rule out anyone under the age of eighteen.
按规定,18岁以下的人都不能参加。
2. guise
n. 伪装
He turned up at a fancy dress Easter dance in the guise of a white rabbit.
他扮成白兔在复活节化装舞会上亮相。
I see myself at different moments of history, in various guises 4 and occupations.
我想象自己生活在不同的历史时期,以不同的模样出现,从事着不同的工作。
They spoke 5 to me under the guise of friendship.
他们伪装成友善的样子对我说话。
n.外表,伪装的姿态
- They got into the school in the guise of inspectors.他们假装成视察员进了学校。
- The thief came into the house under the guise of a repairman.那小偷扮成个修理匠进了屋子。
ad.故意地,有意地
- I didn't say it intentionally. 我是无心说的。
- The local authority ruled that he had made himself intentionally homeless and was therefore not entitled to be rehoused. 当地政府裁定他是有意居无定所,因此没有资格再获得提供住房。
adj.污秽的;邪恶的;v.弄脏;妨害;犯规;n.犯规
- Take off those foul clothes and let me wash them.脱下那些脏衣服让我洗一洗。
- What a foul day it is!多么恶劣的天气!
n.外观,伪装( guise的名词复数 )v.外观,伪装( guise的第三人称单数 )
- She took pleasure in the various guises she could see. 她穿各种衣服都显得活泼可爱。 来自辞典例句
- Traditional form or structure allows us to recognize corresponding bits of folklore in different guises. 了解民俗的传统形式或结构,可以使我门抛开事物的不同外表,从中去辨认出有关民俗的点点滴滴。 来自英汉非文学 - 民俗