职场口语一学就会：各种提醒(2)

你的理由是什么?

What's your excuse?

(你的理由是什么?)

My car was stolen.

(我的车被偷了。)

... be stolen “……被盗”。

What's your reason?

Tell me the reason.

(告诉我原因。)

What excuse do you have?

What's your explanation?

explanation “说明”、 “辩解”。

你还蒙在鼓里呢。

This company is in big trouble.

(这家公司有大麻烦了。)

You don't know what you're talking about.

(你还蒙在鼓里呢。)

talk about ... “说……事情”。what you're talking about “你所说的事情”。

I don't think you know what you're saying.

I don't think you're very well informed.

be informed “被通知”、 “听说”。

这样回答还不够。

I'm sorry. It's private.

(对不起， 这是私事。)

That answer isn't good enough.

(这样回答还不够。)

That's not good enough.

That didn't answer my question.

(那并没有回答我的问题。)

你的花销太大了。

You're spending way too much money.

(你的花销太大了。)

I'll try to cut back.

(我会缩减开支的。)

spend “使用”。way 起强调too much(太多)的作用。

这里的cut back指“缩减”。

You're overspending.

这里的over指“超过(限度)”。

You need to cut back your spending.

钱又没有长在树上。

Please buy new equipment for the office.

(请买些新的办公设备吧。)

Money doesn't grow on trees.

(钱又没有长在树上。)

equipment “设备”、 “用具”。

有趣的谚语。

Money is not easy to come by.

(钱又不是那么容易挣的。)

come by ... “得到……”。

Money is hard to accumulate.

(存点钱不容易。)

accumulate “储存”、 “积累”。

口头约定是不够的。

He gave me his word.

(他向我保证了。)

A verbal agreement is not good enough.

(口头约定是不够的。)

give ... one's word “向……保证”。

verbal “语言的”、 “ 口头的”。agreement “协议”、 “合同”。

It's not enough to get a verbal agreement.

A verbal promise is not good enough.

A written agreement is crucial.

(书面合同很重要。)

written “书面的”、 “成文的”。crucial “至关重要的”。