职场英语百科：说坏话(5)

他使用肮脏的伎俩。

He uses dirty tricks.

(他使用肮脏的伎俩。)

Be wary of him.

(防着他点儿。)

这里的trick指“伎俩”、 “手段”。

wary “用心的”、 “警惕的”。

He doesn’t play fair.

(他的做法不公平。)

这里的play指“做(事情)”。fair 指“公平的”。

He’s sneaky.

(他总是鬼鬼祟祟的。)

他通过父母的关系得到了这份工作。

How’d he get this job? He is a terrible worker.

(他怎么得到这份工作的?他干得糟透了。)

He got this job through his parents.

(他通过父母的关系得到了这份工作。)

through “通过”。

He got this job because of his parents’ connections.

He got this job by riding on his parents’ coattails.

ride on ... coattails “靠……出人头地”、 “因为……而进展顺利”。

他的字我看不懂。

What does the note say?

(这张纸条说什么?)

I can’t read his handwriting.

(他的字我看不懂。)

handwriting “手迹”。

His handwriting is illegible.

illegible “无法判断的”、 “字迹难辨的”。

I have trouble reading his handwriting.

His writing is hard to read.

(他的字很难辨认。)

他总是走极端。

He always goes to extremes.

(他总是走极端。)

That’s just his style.

(他就是那个样子。)

go to extremes “走极端”。

He never reaches a happy medium.

(他从来不知道适可而止。)

a happy medium “中庸之道”。

He’s either far right or far left.

别吹了。

I make $95,000 a year.

(我一年挣95 000美元。)

Don’t exaggerate.

(别吹了。)

exaggerate “夸大”。

Don’t overstate everything.

overstate “过分强调”、 “把……讲得过分”。

Don’t talk big.

Don’t boast.