《即学即职场英语口语词典》是一本包含职场常用英语口语的用法和职场常用英语口语的技巧的词典。
还有明天呢。
We'll never finish today.
(今天我们不可能做完。)
Tomorrow is another day.
(还有明天呢。)
another “另外一个的”、 “第二的”, 在这里表示“别的”、 “不同的”。意思是“今天不行还有明天”。
There's always tomorrow.
Never mind, you can finish it tomorrow.
(没关系, 你可以明天做完它。)
mind “介意”、 “觉得厌烦”。
We'll just have to try again tomorrow.
事后聪明。
I shouldn't have done this.
(我没做这件事就好了。)
Hindsight is 20-20.
(事后聪明。)
hindsight “事后聪明”。20-20指“最好的视力”, 相当于中国的“2.0”。“过去的事情看得很清楚”, 也就
是说“过去的事情知道得很明白”。常用的习惯用语。
Things are not always clear until you look back.
(事情总是过去了才看明白。)
It's easy to know the right decision after the fact.
现在才给他们道歉已经太晚了。
It's too late to apologize to them now.
(现在才给他们道歉已经太晚了。)
Please try anyway.
(不管怎样请你试一试。)
too ... to ... “做……太……”。apologize “道歉”、 “谢罪”。
It won't help to apologize now, because it's too late.
It won't do any good to apologize to them now.
有其父必有其子。
He's very smart.
(他很聪明。)
Like father, like son.
(有其父必有其子。)
这里的like指“像……一样”。
It's in the family.
(他们家人都如此。)
这里的family指“家世”、 “家系”。
It runs in the family.
这里的run指“ (性格、 特征等)世代相传”。
It's in the blood.
(他们家族都这样。)
坚持就会胜利。
Perseverance wins in the end.
(坚持就会胜利。)
Not always.
(不是总这样的。)
perseverance “坚强”、 “韧性”、 “耐心”。直译是“只要有坚韧不拔的精神, 就一定会取得最后的胜利”。
In the end, perseverance wins.
Perseverance pays off in the end.
pay off “回报”。
说说空话是不费力气的。
He said he would try to improve morale.
(他说他要努力提高工人的劳动热情。)
Talk is cheap.
(说说空话是不费力气的。)
morale “士气”。
cheap “廉价的”、 “低劣的”、 “卑劣的”。
Saying it is one thing, doing it is another.
You need to follow up with action.
(你应该言行一致。)
Actions speak louder than words.
(事实胜于雄辩。)
谚语。




