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流行商务英语口语

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流行商务实用英语口语

  下面是一些实用的商务流行口语以及对话,来看看都有哪些吧。

流行商务实用英语口语

  1.bang for the buck 货真价实

  buck在美国俚语中是“美元”的意思。有这样一个短语,bigger bang for a buck,它的意思是“花钱取得更大效果”。Bang原是表示巨大声响的拟声词,这里引申为“效果”。

  A: Listen! It’s mid-summer now. What do weneed them for? 嘿,现在已经是仲夏了,我们要这些东西干什么?

  B: They may come in handy. Besides, theseitems can be true bang for the buck. 会有用得着它们的时候,再说这些东西是货真价实的呀。

  A: True bang for the buck? They’re enough for ten years’ use. 货真价实?都够用10年的了。

  B: Stop getting on my nerves! I’m not doing something for nothing! 别烦我了,我可不是没事找事。

  2.be down in the dumps 垂头丧气,神情沮丧

  the dumps在非正规的口语表达方式中的意思是“忧郁”或“沮丧”。be down in the dumps常指“闷闷不乐”或“打不起精神”,也可引申为“垂头丧气,精神沮丧”。

  A: You’re down in the dumps. What’s happened? 你看上去沮丧不堪。出什么事了?

  B: I had a quarrel with our boss’s secretary. She’s been on her high horse these days. 我和老板的秘书吵了一架。这几天她总是盛气凌人。

  A: Maybe she was only taking it out on you. Secretaries have a lot of pressure, too. 也许她仅仅是向你发泄。秘书的压力也很大。

  B: But she jumped down my throat for no reason at all. I could not put up with her. 但她无理由地斥责我,我无法容忍。

  3.be in a jam 陷入困境

  jam指“拥挤,阻塞”。该习语的字母意思为“在拥挤之中”,引申为“陷入困难的处境”。例如:She is in abit of jam about money. (她的手头有点拮据。)

  A: Mike told me that his business was in a jam and he was in urgent need of money. Hewanted to borrow some money from me. 迈克告诉我他的生意陷入困境,急需用钱。他想向我借钱。

  B: Don’t lend money to him. He’s always lying. 别借钱给他。他总是说慌。

  A: But I think he is really in difficulty this time. 但这一次我看他是真的.遇上困难了。

  4.be brassed off doing 厌烦干… ,对 … 满腹牢骚

  brass作名词指“黄铜”,作动词指“镀黄铜于 … ”,而brassed off是俚语,意思是“厌烦,不满,牢骚满腹”。

  A: I am awfully sorry that I have kept you waiting. 真是很抱歉让您久等了。

  B: To tell you the truth, I am really brassed off waiting. 说实话,我最讨厌等人。

  A: Sorry. I had something urgent to deal with just when I was to leave. 对不起,我正要来的时候又有急事要处理。

  B: You should have told me earlier. 你应该早点告诉我。

  A: It was too late to inform you. 通知你已经来不及了。

  5.be catty 爱搬弄是非的;爱诽谤人的

  英语中,cat给人的联想总是不太愉快,如cattish的意思是“狡猾的、恶意的、偷偷摸摸的”。cat在英语中可用来指“恶意伤人的女人,包藏祸心的女人”,因此catty就有了诽谤的含义。

  A: I thought you would cooperate. 我原以为你会跟我合作呢。

  B: Well, I’m too busy to be catty and poke my nose into things that do not matter much tome. 我可不愿意搬弄是非去管那些跟我没关系的闲事。

  A: How do you know that he won’t do something against yourself? 你怎么知道他不会做出什么对你不利的事呢?

  B: You do seem to have a glib tongue. 你真能胡搅蛮缠。

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