职场口语一学就会：对公司或他人的不满(3)

请相信我。

I don't believe he said that.

(我不相信那些话是他说的。)

Take my word for it.

(请相信我。)

Take my word for it. 习惯用语。直译是“关于这个请相信我说的话”。

Believe me.

You can trust me on this.

trust “信赖”。

别绕圈子了。

Don't beat around the bush.

(别绕圈子了。)

Okay, I'll get to the point.

(好的， 那我就直说了。)

beat around the bush 习惯用语， “拐弯抹角地说”。

get to the point “说话直奔主题”。

Be straightforward.

(请直说。)

straightforward “正直的”、 “率直的”。

Please get right to the point.

你应该对我直说的。

You should have been frank with me.

(你应该对我直说的。)

I tried, but you wouldn't listen.

(我想这样做， 可是你不听我的。)

be frank with ... “对……直言不讳的”、 “对……直率的”。

You should have talked straight with me.

talk straight with ... “对……直说”。

I wish you had told me straight out.

让我说完。

Let me finish.

(让我说完。)

I'll give you just one more minute.

(我只再给你一分钟。)

Hear me out.

(听我说完。)

hear out “听(别人说话)到最后”。

Let me say my piece.

say one's piece “把想说的话说清楚”、 “把想法完全说出来”。

我们换个话题吧。

There is a rumor around the office about you.

(公司里流传着有关你的谣言。)

Let's change the subject.

(我们换个话题吧。)

rumor “谣言”。

subject “话题”、 “主题”。

Let's talk about something else.

Can we change the subject?

别装得好像这不关你的事。

Don't act as if you have nothing to do with it.

(别装得好像这不关你的事。)

I'm not involved in any way.

(我和这件事情一点关系也没有。)

as if ... “好像……”。have nothing to do with ... “和……无关”。

be involved in “卷入”、 “有关”。in any way “一点也不……”。

Don't pretend you have no involvement.

pretend “假装”。involvement “卷入”。

Don't pretend like you're not involved.