商务英语考试BEC备考辅导最新美语流行语手册－实用商务篇13

最新美语流行语手册 实用商务篇 1 3 agree to differ 求同存异 agree to differ 指的是 各自保留不同意见 不再说服对方 意即 求同存异 A What do you mean 你是什么意思 B Considering the major contracts they might give us I overlooked the small loss 考虑到他们可能与我们签订大宗合同 小小的损失我就忽略不计了 A So you agreed to differ 所以你就求同存异 B That s right 没错 all told 合计 总之 此语原义为 总计 合计 引申为 总之 如 All told it was a great credit to them 总之 这给他们大大增了光 此语同 in all 同义 A How many people attended today s meeting 有多少人参加了今天的会议 B There were seventeen of us at the meeting all told 一共有十七个人 A Issue an announcement that if somebody doesn t attend meeting next time his or her bonus will be deducted 发布一则通知 就说如果有人下一次不参加会议 他或她的奖 金全扣 B Yes 好的 all wet 搞错了 wet 原义为 湿的 干活常把手弄湿 指某人 没经验的 该习语多见于美国俚语 意为 大错特错 胡说 瞎扯 A I made a reservation two days ago My name is David Johnson 我前天在这儿预 订了房间 我叫戴维约翰逊 B Reservation What do you mean 预定 什么意思 A I booked a single room here for tonight 我定了一间今晚的单人房 B Oh You re all wet actually This is not a hotel The hotel is the building across the road 哦 你搞错了 这不是旅馆 旅馆是路对过的那做楼 an easy digging 轻而易举的事 dig 做动词时有 集中精力于 的意思 往往用来指工作 学习 An easy digging 指 学习轻松 引申为 事情轻而易举 A Do you think we can nurse our business back to life 你说我们能让生意起死回 生吗 B It s not an easy digging We ll have to rack our brain and think of some effective measures 这可不是件容易事 我们得绞尽脑汁想出一些行之有效的 办法 A I seem to be at the end of my wits I have got lost and don t know where I m going 我可是黔驴技穷了 我有点茫然 不知道该干什么才好 B Never say die The darkest hour is the nearest dawn 别这么说 现在只是黎明前的黑暗 any more 不再 此语用于否定句中 构成 not any more 不再 与之同义的短语为 not any longer 与肯定句中的 no more 和 no longer 同义 区别在于 not any longer 和 no longer 都口语化 A I can t take the job any longer 我不能再干这份工作了 B If you need the money you ll just have to grin and bear it 如果要想挣钱的话 你就得含笑忍辱 A I d rather starve than suffer the torture of the beast 我宁愿饿死也不受 这份罪 B Don t be childish and capricious You want to change the world No way it is just the world that will change you 别幼稚任性了 你想改变这个 世界 决不可能的 只能是这世界改变你 A My God The school life is really simple and free But now I have it no more 天呀 还是校园生活简单自由 可我不 再拥有它了 20 as easy as one s eye 很容易 该习语是一种非正规的口语表达方式 类似的表达方式还有 as easy as anything as ABC as falling off a log as winkling 这些短语指的是 很容易 A Money is hard to earn these days 这年头挣钱不容易 B To me it s as easy as my eye 对我来说很容易 A You steal Or rob 去偷还是去抢 B Of course not 当然不是 21 as sure as eggs is eggs 毫无疑问 千真万确 此语与 蛋 可说没什么直接联系 其中 eggs 很可能系数学公式中 x 的讹误 它原作 as sure as x is x 世纪后始作 as sure as eggs is eggs 有时亦作 as sure as eggs are eggs 这条成语 99 年在英国北部地区首先使用 A Do you think Peter will win this time 你认为彼得这次会赢吗 B It s impossible 不大可能 A Why 为什么 B He s no match in force and skill 体力和技巧上 他都不是对手 A You mean he ll lose as sure as eggs is eggs 你是说他必定会输 确信无疑了 B Yeah unless there is a miracle 是这样 除 非有奇迹发生 22 as well 也 还 又 完全的 足够的 此语一指 也 还 又 也可做副词短语 意义为 完全的 足够的 如 Obviously she had been frightened out of wit as well she might be 显然她已 经给吓得六神无主了 于她来说这也在情理之中 与之相近的习语为 as well as 除 之外 也 如 On Sundays his landlady provided dinner as well as breakfast 逢星期天 他的女房东除供应他早餐外 还供应他晚餐 As well as 的 另一意义为 和 一样 如 He would like to go as well as you 他和你一样 想去 A I m going to ask the janitor to wash the floors in the halfway 我要让看门 的把走廊的地板清洗一下 B Would you ask him to clear the lobby as well 请你 让他把大厅也清洗一下好吗 A Ok Can he do it well 好吧 他能做好吗 B Yes if he s glad to 能 只要他肯干 hjmPageNext 23 ask for it 自找麻烦 自找苦吃 该习语是 ask for trouble 的非正规的口语表达方式 如 Don t be late again or you ll ask for it 别再迟到了 要不然你会自找苦吃的 A Do you know what happened 你猜怎么着 B Not an i