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輕鬆日記商務職場篇 第121期:別信口開河

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核心句型:
Don't shoot from your hip.
別信口開河了。
shoot from the hip這個習語起源於100多年前的美國西部,那個年代多數人除了睡覺,腰帶上都插着槍。而那些老練的槍手在急於射擊時根本不把槍舉到齊肩高來瞄準,他們拔出手槍在腰下髖關節的部位就發射了。現在這個習語用來表示一個人在未經深思熟慮前就亂說話或採取行動,也就是:“信口開河,魯莽行事”。因此,當美國人說"Don't shoot from your hip."時,他/她要表達的意思就是:"Don't talk nonsense."、"Don't make irresponsible remarks."。
情景對白:
Colleague: I think we should give priority to the professionals rather than generalists in recruits.
同事:我認爲在招聘時,應當優先考慮“專才”而不是“通才”。
Benjamin: Don't shoot from your hip. Society needs interdisciplinary talents. And so do we.
本傑明:別信口開河了,社會需要複合型人才,我們也一樣。
搭配句積累:
①You should think twice before hasty conclude.
匆忙做結論前你應該三思的。
②Please present some reasonable data first.
請先提供一些合理的數據。
③I'm afraid your argument doesn't hold water.
恐怕你們的觀點站不住腳。
④Your strategy is definitely not suitable.
你們提出的策略肯定不合適。
單詞:
1. irresponsible adj. 不負責任的
It would be irresponsible of me not to advise my company to abandon this project.
若我不建議公司放棄這個項目,那我就是不負責任。
Many people have an irresponsible attitude towards marriage and relationships.
很多人對婚姻與兩性關係持一種不負責任的態度。
2. generalist n. 有多方面知識和經驗的通才
The competi-tion, generalist, neutrality and permanence are its basic principles.
競爭、通才、中立、常任是其基本原則。
And a generalist has a wide platform, rich reserve of knowledge and skills in plenty.
而所謂通才是具有廣闊的知識平臺, 豐富的知識儲備和多種技能的人才.
3. interdisciplinary adj. 各學科間的
Our school is dedicated to fostering interdisciplinary talents.
我校致力於培養複合型人才。
These interdisciplinary programs include, for example, biophysics, geophysics, and astrophsics.
這些跨學科的專題包括生物物理學、地球物理學和天體物理學等等。
4. hold water 站得住腳,合情合理
None of his arguments seemed to me to hold water.
在我看來他的觀點沒有一個是站得住腳的。
His account of the robbery won't hold water.
他對搶劫案經過的陳述漏洞百出。

輕鬆日記商務職場篇 第121期:別信口開河

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