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商务英语中用到猫狗的常用语
“ Let sleeping dogs lie 不要自找麻烦 ”
Do not make trouble if you don’t have to.
Ex:"There’s absolutely no point pursuing this issue. We should just let sleepingdogs lie."
例句:在这个问题上深究没有意义。我们不要自找麻烦了。
“ Not enough room to swing a cat 没有足够的空间 ”
Not enough space.
Ex:"You should see my new office, it’s tiny. There’s not enough room to swing acat!" (In old English, a cat was a whip not a real cat!)
例句:你真应该看看我的新办公室。太小了。连转身的空间都没有。(在旧式英语里,cat是指鞭子而不是真的猫。)
“ To be dog tired 累趴下 ”
To be exhausted.
Ex:"I have worked 70 hours this week. I am dog tired."
例句:我这周工作了70个小时。我都累趴下了。
“ Let the cat out of the bag 透露秘密 ”
To reveal a secret.
Ex:"Great! George in Finance knows about our new product. That’s all we need. Wholet the cat out of the bag?"
例句:太棒了。财政部的乔治知道了我们的新产品。这就是我们要的结果。谁说出去的?
“ Go to the dogs 不如过去成功(通常使用进行时) ”
Not as successful as in the past (usuallyused in the continuous tense).
Ex:"That company will go bankrupt if it’s not careful. It’s going to the dogs."
例句:那家公司要是不小心的话就会破产的。它可能会完蛋的。
“ To put the cat among the pigeons 惹出乱子”
To cause trouble.
Ex:"Sending the most unpopular manager to talk to the team was like putting thecat among the pigeons."
例句:把最不受欢迎的经理派去和队伍谈话一定会惹出乱子的。
“ A dog’s dinner or dog’s breakfast 搞砸了 ”
To make a mess.
Ex:"They made a real dog’s dinner of the website. It’s terrible."
例句:他们把网站搞砸了。这可太糟了。
“ To fight like cats and dogs 和某人争吵 ”
To argue and fight with someone.
Ex:"It’s a miracle how Sally and John manage this company. They’re always fighting like cats and dogs."
例句:萨利和约翰来管理公司真是个奇迹。他们总是吵得不可开交。
“ Top dog 公司里最重要的人物 ”
The most important person in an organization.
Ex:“If you want a decision on that, you’re going to have to get it approved by thetop dog."
例句:如果你想要决定这件事,你需要让它得到老板的同意。
“ More than one way to skin a cat 不止一种方法”
More than one way to dosomething.
Ex:"No problem. If we cannot get our proposal through this way, we’ll trysomething else. There’s more than one way to skin a cat."
例句:没问题。如果这样我们的提议没法通过的话。我们试试别的方法。还有很多方法的。
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