职场英语百科：激励(1)

努力争取吧!

Should I apply for the promotion?

(我可以申请提升吗?)

Go for it!

(努力争取吧!)

apply for ... “ 申请……”。promotion “升职”。

带有“加油干吧”、 “ (朝着目标)努力吧”的含义。

Give it a try!

Have at it!

Give it a shot!

振作点。

I am really stressed out.

(我真的要精神崩溃了。)

Pull yourself together.

(振作点。)

stress out “ (人的)精神不堪负荷”。

pull oneself together “恢复元气”、 “恢复自信”、 “好转”。

Straighten yourself out.

straighten oneself out “使好转”。

Get yourself together.

get oneself together “认真做”、 “振作”。

Get it together.

多一些自信。

I don't know if it will work out.

(我不知道能否顺利。)

Have more confidence.

(多一些自信。)

这里的work out指“顺利”。

confidence “ 自信”。

Be more confident.

Have more faith.

(多一点信心。)

就该有这个干劲!

I won't quit until I've caught up with my work.

(落下的工作补不上我不会辞职的。)

That's the spirit!

(就该有这个干劲!)

quit “辞去(工作或职位等)”。

spirit 意思是“精神”、 “心”， 这里指“勇气”、 “骨气”。这句话的意思是“就该有这个干劲”。

That's the idea!

Good thinking!

That's what I want to hear.

(这正是我想听的。)

what I want to hear

“我想听的话”。

Good for you.

拿出勇气来。

I don't think I can do it. I'm too nervous.

(我想我干不了这个工作。我太紧张了。)

Come on.

(拿出勇气来。)

Take it easy.

(镇静点。)

Calm down.

(镇静点。)

Just relax.

(放松。)

relax “放松”。

别泄气， 加油干。

This project is tough!

(这个项目很艰巨!)

Hang in there.

(别泄气， 加油干。)

“加油”、 “别泄气”的口语说法。hang原来是“悬挂”的意思。

Don't give up.

(别放弃。)

Keep up the good fight.