上班汪必知的日常英语表达

上班汪必知的日常英语表达

身为一个上班汪,起早贪黑,加班都不带眨眼。那你能不眨眼的用英语说出你每天的工作中发生的一些事情吗?

#1 My Morning Coffee Makes Me Perk Up

I’m not a morning person (someone who has a lot of energy in the morning), so I need some coffee to help me perk up.
作为一个非晨起型人(早上总是元气满满的人),喝点咖啡来提神是不错的方法。

The phrasal verb perk up describes when someone becomes happier and in a better mood after feeling not so good.
短语里的动词这里描述的是某个人在精神不振后变得更愉悦,振奋。

讲解: Perk up 表示让你元气满满,精神振奋的意思。

我熬夜了,所以需要个coffee来perk me up.

Perk up 还可以指To refresh the appearance of (让…焕然一新)

New furniture and paint perked up the room. 新的家具让房间焕然一新。

#2 I Look Through My E-Mails And Dash Off Quick Replies

I get a ton of (a very large number of) e-mails, so one of the first things I do is look through

my messages.
我每天都会收到很多很多邮件,所以我每天第一件事就是快速浏览所有的邮件。

To look through means to look at a number of things quickly.
Look through在这里的意思是很快速的看很多东西。

I also dash off replies to any messages that need quick responses – the phrasal verb dash off means to write (and usually send) something fast.
我也会快速回复那些需要回复的邮件,短语里的动词dash off在这里指的是快速的发送或者写。

讲解: A ton of/tons of指的就是很大量,很多。那么来看一下面的句子吧:

小伙伴们一天都会收到tons of emails,每天check邮箱是免不了的,各种重要信息都是通过邮件来传递的哟,又或者是被领导布置了什么任务又或者是被抄送cc(carbon copy)了

为了确保工作效率,我们不得不快速浏览完(look

through)所有的邮件,并且快速回复(dash off)掉重要的邮件。

#3 I Come Up With a good idea

The main part of my work is coming up with new ideas.
我工作的主要内容就是要挖掘新的点子出来。

The phrasal verb come up with means to create or invent.
短语动词come up with这里指的是产生和发明的意思。

讲解:报告老板,我想到了一个绝妙的注意(come up with a good idea)!

Come up with a solution 想出了一个解决方法

#4 I Heat Up Some Food For Lunch

If I have leftover food (food that I prepared previously and saved), then I heat it up using the microwave, stove, or oven.
如果我有剩饭剩菜,那么我就可以用微波炉/炉灶/加热。

To heat up food means to raise the temperature, to make it hot.
加热食物就是说升高温度来让它们变热啦。

讲解:当代办公室流行的方式就是自己带饭。每当到中午的时候,微波炉君们总是很忙。 因为大家要heat up/ microwave 食物呀。

话题Topic 也是可以被热的,topic begins to heat up指的就是某个话题近期很火。

#5 I Flesh Out My Ideas

I have a lot of ideas for the project and I try to flesh them out.
当我对项目有很多的想法,我就会试着去完善他们。

讲解:我要补全/完善我的想法。 当上级给你分配任务

时,你有了一定的想法,那么你就要付诸行动去完善这一想想法to flesh out your project.

作家们也可以完善自己的文章,那么就是The author could flesh out these articles.

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