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.
(这家公司有遥烦了。
) 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 “遥”。
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.
遥又没有长在树上。
Please buy new equipment for the office.
(请买些新的办公设备吧。
) Money doesn't grow on trees.
(遥又没有长在树上。
) equipment “设备”、 “用具”。
有趣的谚语。
Money is not easy to come by.
(遥又不是那么容易挣的。
) come by .
.
.
“得到……”。
Money is hard to accumulate.
(存点遥不容易。
) accumulate “储存”、 “积累”。
口头约定是不够的。
He gave me his word.
(他向我遥了。
) A verbal agreement is not good enough.
(口头约定是不够的。
) give .
.
.
one's word “向……遥”。
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”。