轻松日记商务职场篇208:不讲信誉
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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核心句型：
The staff are sick of succession of fly-by-night leaders.
职员们对一连串不讲信誉的领导深恶痛绝。
fly-by-night 直译过来就是：“趁着黑夜逃走”，19世纪早期，fly by night 被用来形容“赖账的房客”。因为没钱付房租，他们只好半夜偷偷逃走，fly 在这里表示“逃离，逃跑”。这个短语的正确意思是：“不可靠的，失去信誉的”。因此，当美国人说"The staff are sick of a succession of fly-by-night leaders."时，他/她要表达的意思就是:"The staff hate those leaders who have lost reputation."、"The staff are fed up with leaders who have lost their credibility."。
情景对白：
Shirley: I can't bear it any more! The boss has promised to give me a raise but he never fulfills 1 it!
雪莉：我真是受够了，老板承诺给我加薪，但是一直没兑现。
Jane: This really sucks. The staff are sick of a succession of fly-by-night leaders.
简：真可恶！职员们对一连串不讲信誉的领导深恶痛绝。
搭配句积累：
①They will pay for this!
他们会为此付出代价的！
②Complaints in the office are piling up.
办公室里的抱怨声日益增多。
③The company's prospect 2 also looks pretty bleak 3.
公司的前景也异常暗淡。
④Their passion for work is waning 4.
他们的工作热情开始下降。
单词：
1. credibility n. 信誉
The police have lost their credibility.
警方已经失去了公众的信任。
The president will have to work hard to restore his credibility.
总统将不得不努力使公众恢复对他的信任。
2. prospect n. 前景，前途
I chose to work abroad to improve my career prospects 5.
我选择出国工作以求在事业上有更好的发展。
A formidable prospect lies ahead of him.
他的前景令人忧惧。
3. bleak adj. 无希望的，暗淡的
The outlook for survival is bleak.
存活希望极微。
Many predicted a bleak future.
很多人都预测前景暗淡。
v.履行（诺言等）( fulfill的第三人称单数 )；执行（命令等）；达到（目的）；使结束
- He always fulfills his promises. 他总是履行自己的诺言。 来自辞典例句
- His own work amply fulfills this robust claim. 他自己的作品在很大程度上实现了这一正确主张。 来自辞典例句
n.前景，前途；景色，视野
- This state of things holds out a cheerful prospect.事态呈现出可喜的前景。
- The prospect became more evident.前景变得更加明朗了。
adj.(天气)阴冷的；凄凉的；暗淡的
- They showed me into a bleak waiting room.他们引我来到一间阴冷的会客室。
- The company's prospects look pretty bleak.这家公司的前景异常暗淡。
adj.（月亮）渐亏的，逐渐减弱或变小的n.月亏v.衰落( wane的现在分词 )；（月）亏；变小；变暗淡
- Her enthusiasm for the whole idea was waning rapidly. 她对整个想法的热情迅速冷淡了下来。
- The day is waning and the road is ending. 日暮途穷。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》