时间:2018-12-30 作者:英语课 分类:凯瑟琳升职记


英语课

【情景再现】


Catherine所在公司的销售部门前不久策划了一个大型销售项目,后来将这个项目交给外地的分公司做。几个月后,有人问起项目进展状况,老总一脸自豪,说:It panned out.


It panned out.结果成功了。


pan是“盆”的意思。pan out本来是淘金用语。十九世纪的加州是人们是人们实现黄金梦的宝地,淘金的人蜂拥而至。他们用淘金盆pan把沙粒洗掉叫做pan out the sand,泥沙随水流去之后,如果运气好,盆上会出现留下的金灿灿的颗粒,那就是淘金成功了。由此而产生了习惯用语pan out,用来表示“好结果,成功了”。


【英语情景剧】




Benjamin: I heard that your company has adopted a new kind of  technology and applied 1 it into a new project. Is that true?

本杰明:我听说你们公司采用了一项新技术并运用到了新项目中。这是真的吗?


Todd: True. And it panned out. We have earned a lot.

托德:是真的。结果成功了。我们大赚了一笔。

 



adj.应用的;v.应用,适用
  • She plans to take a course in applied linguistics.她打算学习应用语言学课程。
  • This cream is best applied to the face at night.这种乳霜最好晚上擦脸用。
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