#41. 工作常用的 12 個英文片語

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-------------------------------------------------- 【今日內容】 #1 To
catch up: 趕上 ex: John waited for Lilly to catch up. ex: We are
having a hard time catching up to our competitors. -------- #2 Stay
on budget / go over budget ex: Our spending is way over budget. We
need to cut costs. ＊這裡我不小心口誤。cost down 是錯誤的（台式英文），應該是 cut
costs。對不起～ *spending: 單數，不可數-Our spendings are way over budget. (X)
ex: I asked our boss if we could go over budget. He said “why don’t
you kiss my ass” kiss my ass: 拍馬屁？(X) kiss my ass = fuck you
-------- #3 Sign off on (something): 簽名核准 ex: Our boss finally
signed off on the new deal. ex: Do you think our business partner
will sign off on the deal? Probably not. It’s a shitty deal.
-------- #4 To be ahead of the curve: 走在最前端。指公司發展快速，有遠見。做別人沒想到的事。
ex: Our company is always ahead of the curve. We are always looking
for the newest ideas. -------- #5 A ballpark figure: 估計= rough
estimate: 粗估 figure:兩個意思：數據，或是圖表：書本最後，Look at figure 7 ex: Can you
give me a ballpark figure? ex: I’m not sure about the specific
price, but I can give you a ballpark figure. -------- #6 To kick
off: 開始某件事 來自美式足球的開賽，kick off ex: I’d like to kick off with a quick
look at our returns. 由某件事情開始：kick off with a… ex: We are kicking
off our event with a congratulation to our new partner.
你可能覺得，這兩個差別是什麼？ -------- #7 White collar, blue collar ex: John is a
white collar worker. ex: Bob is a blue collar worker. -------- #8
To look at the big picture: 宏觀 ex: Don’t focus on the small
details. Look at the big picture. We have to be ahead of the curve.
老闆可能跟員工說： CEO: We need to move in on new technology and develop new
software to compete with our rivals. Manager: How are we supposed
to do that. Creating new software takes a lot of time and money. We
don’t have the necessary resources. CEO: I don’t know. I’m just
looking at the big picture. It’s something we must do, otherwise
we’re going to go out of business. -------- #9 To play by the book:
照著規矩走 ex: I’m really frustrated with John. He does everything by
the book and never knows when to improvise. I bet he never changes
position during sex. play it by ear: 即興解決 ex: Our manager told us
that to play it by ear if we can’t find a solution in the manual.
-------- #10 To call it a day: 收工 Employee: Oh, I’m so tired. Let’s
call it a day Manager: ah…. It’s 12:30. Even the Italians work more
than you. -------- #11 To think outside the box: 框架外思考 ex: We must
think outside the box so that we can discover new ideas and
strategies for our business. ex: The boss keeps telling me to think
outside the box. I don’t understand what he wants. Umm… Don’t
listen to him. He’s just stupid. -- Hosting provided by SoundOn