时间:2019-11-18 14:55:31 来源:平和英语村 作者:Myron
前两天我们已经学习了一些商务英语的短语动词,让我们对短语动词有了新的认识。今天我们继续学习这些短语动词在商务英语中的不同意思,掌握好这些短语动词,将来对我们的商务英语学习是百利而无一害的。
61. Look up to – to respect and admire.
尊敬-尊敬和钦佩。
例:I know you look up to Larry like a father, which makes this hard.
我知道你像父亲一样尊敬拉里,这让事情变得很难。
62. Make up – to compensate for something. (also see: Catch up)
补偿-补偿某物。(另见:追赶)
例:There’s a lot to do today. The office needs to make up for being closed last week.
今天有很多事要做。这间办公室需要弥补上星期关门的损失。
63. Measure up – to be at the right level or good enough to do something.
衡量——处于正确的水平或足够好地做某事。
例:We hired an ex-Apple Marketing Director. I hope he measures up to expectations.
我们雇了一位前苹果市场总监。我希望他能达到预期。
64. Meet up – to get together.
相聚——相聚。
例:The department heads are meeting up next week to talk about Larry’s behavior.
部门主管下周开会讨论拉里的行为。
65. note down – to write something quickly to use again later.
记下来——快速地写下一些东西以便以后再次使用。
例:Stacy, could you join us and note down the key points to the meeting?
史黛西,你能和我们一起记下会议的要点吗?
66. Pencil in – To make flexible plans for something that can still change.
临时安排-为一些仍然可以改变的事情制定灵活的计划。
例:Shall we pencil in next Wednesday at 1 pm for your interview?
我们下星期三下午一点来面试好吗?
67. Phone up – to call by phone.
打电话——打电话。
例:Customers have been phoning up with complaints about the new Furby toy.
顾客们一直打电话投诉新的富比玩具。
68. Pick up – to increase or improve after a period of slow or no results.
恢复-在一段时间缓慢或没有结果后增加或改善。
例:Business really has really picked up since the month of June.
六月份以来生意真的很好。
69. Point out – to bring attention to something.
指出-引起对某事的注意。
例:I need to point out that we have not yet decided on new product’s name yet.
我需要指出的是,我们还没有决定新产品的名称。
70. Pull out of – to stop doing something. Or, to stop being a part of something.
退出-停止做某事。或者,停止成为某件事的一部分。
例:Many companies are pulling out of their advertising contracts with YouTube.
许多公司正退出与youtube的广告合同。
71. Put back –to stall or delay something to a later date (also see: Hold off on)
推迟——推迟或推迟某物的日期(另见:推迟)
例:The delivery date will be put back by two days because of the hurricane.
由于飓风的影响,交货期将推迟两天。
72. Put off – to know longer feel positive about something.
推迟——去了解更多对某事的积极感觉。
例:Many Samsung customers were put off by the Note 7 battery problems.
许多三星的客户被Note7电池问题耽搁了。
73. Report Back – to return to a boss or superior person with new information found.
向上司或上级汇报新的信息。
例:It’s part of your job to report back any issues you find within the company’s servers.
报告在公司服务器中发现的任何问题是您工作的一部分。
74. Rip off – when a product/service is expensive in comparison to its value.
次品-当产品/服务比它的价值昂贵时。
例:Some say the iPhone 7 is a rip off because little has been changed since the iPhone 6.
有人说iPhone7是个骗局,因为自iPhone6以来几乎没有什么变化。
75. Run by / past – to check with someone first.
路过/路过-先和某人确认一下。
例:Shouldn’t we run it by the supervisor, first?
我们不应该先由主管来处理吗?
76. Run late – when you will not be somewhere at the planned time.
晚点——你不会在计划的时间出现在某个地方。
例:He is running a little late this morning because of traffic.
由于交通堵塞,他今天早上有迟到。
77. Run out of – to not have any more of an item.
用完-不再拥有任何物品。
例:We are about to run out of printing ink, could you order more, please?
我们的墨水快用完了,请再点一点好吗?
78. Sell off – to sell a part of or a whole business.
出售-出售部分或全部业务。
例:Nokia plans to sell off its mobile phone department to Samsung.
诺基亚计划将其手机部门出售给三星。
79. Sell out – to have sold all items of something with nothing left.
卖完——把某物的所有东西都卖光了。
例:We always sell out of that perfume brand during this time of year.
在每年的这个时候,我们总是卖掉那个香水品牌。
80. Set up – to arrange/create. Or, to start a new business or a new department of a business
设置-安排/创建。或者,开办一家新公司或一个新部门
例:Virgin Airways plans to set up offices in Berlin next year.
维珍航空计划明年在柏林设立办事处。
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