《这句英语怎么说？》之工作篇

 

001 我在政府机关上班。

I work at a government office.
Government n. 政府
你还可以这样说：
I am with the public service.
I work for the government.
类似的说法还有：
I am a public servant.

002 你一个月薪水多少？

How much is your monthly salary?
Monthly adj. 每个月的   salary n. 薪水
你还可以这样说：
What is your wage?
Earnings/income 通常为年薪
Salary 月薪
Wage 时薪或周薪

003 货已经寄出去了。

The merchandise has already been shipped out.
Merchandise n. 商品；货物（总称）
Merchant n. 商人

004 我想确认一下，我跟你们订的货要走哪一家货运公司？

I would like to confirm with you which shipping company you will use to ship my order.
Confirm v. 确认
Shipping n. 船运
Ship v.船运

005 我要延期出货。

I want to postpone releasing the merchandise.
Postpone v. 延期；延缓
Release v. 发出
类似的说法还有：
Let’s push back the release date.
我们把出货日期延后。

006 请等一下，我帮您把电话转给相关单位。

Please hold for a moment. I’ll transfer you to the proper department.
Transfer v. 转接
Proper adj. 适合的；合宜的
Department n. 部门

007 今天有个紧急会议，记得准时到。

There is an emergency meeting today, so please be prompt.
Emergency n.非常时期；紧急会议
Prompt adj. 准时的
“紧急会议”的英文还可以说：
Emergency session
“准时”的英文还可以说：
Be on time
Be punctual

008 从明天开始，我要请假三天。

Starting tomorrow, I’m taking three days off.
Take (a day) off 请假
“我要请三天假”英文还可以说：
I’m taking three days’ vacation.
I’m taking three days holiday.
I’m taking a three-day weekend.
（这是指五，六，日连续放假，或是六，日，一连续放假。）

009 请帮我把所有的文件各印两份。

Please help me by making two copies of each of the documents.
Copy n.一份
Document n. 文件

010 我要离职。

I’m going to quit my job.
Quit v. 辞去
你还可以这样说：
I'm going to resign.
类似的说法还有：
This is my letter of resignation. I just can’t take it anymore.
这是我的辞职信。我实在是受不了了！

011 我的名片用玩了。

I’m out of business cards.
Business card n.名片
Out of 用完。。。。
你还可以这样说：
My business cards have run out.
I ran out of business cards.
你知道吗？ 大家一想到“名片”，直接反应就觉得是“name card”。的确，个人所印制的专属名片是name card。不过由公司印制的英文名片是“business card，因为这种名片是作为商务只用，所以下次递名片时，要说business card,而不是name card.

012 他已经下班了。

He has already gotten off work.
Get off work 下班
你还可以这样说：
He’s gone for the day.
He just clocked out.
He just left work.

013 这星期轮到我值夜班。

It’s my turn to work the night shift this week.
Turn n.轮流的次序
Shift n. 轮班工作时间
夜班：night shift; late shift; evening shift
日班：day shift; first shift

014 下礼拜我们的员工旅游。

Next week is our staff trip.
Staff n. 员工
Trip n. 旅游
你知道吗？“员工旅游”英文还可以说company excursion!

015 你要加班加几个小时？

How much overtime are you going to work?
Overtime n.加班时间；加班
Work overtime 加班
Overtime pay 加班费
类似的说法还有：
I want to earn a little more overtime pay, but I’ d also like to get off work earlier.
我想要多赚点加班费，但又想早点下班。

016我今天临时有一个会议要开。

I have a last-minute meeting today.
Last-minute adj. 最后一分钟；最后关头的
你还可以这样说：
*There’s a meeting which just cropped up that we have to go to.
*I have a rush meeting today.

017 最近工作很烦。

Work has been really annoying lately.
Annoying adj. 令人厌烦的
Lately adv.最近
记得有lately, recently的句子，通常都要用完成时态！
类似的说法还有：
Work has been very stressful lately.
最近工作压力很大。
Is your job still going smoothly?
工作上还顺利吗？

018 只要掌握大师传授的秘诀，我们就能成为卓越不凡的上班族。

As long as we can utilize tips from our mentors, we can become extraordinary members of the workforce.
Utilize v. 利用
Tip n. 诀窍
Mentor n.良师益友
Extraordinary adj.卓越的
Workforce n.劳动力；受雇佣的人

019 请在截止日前完成工作。

Please finish the job before the deadline.
Deadline n. 截止日期
你知道吗？如何记住“截止日期”的英文？“截止日期”是由dead （死）加上line （线）所组成的，所以你可以想：如果你在截止期限前东西交不出来，你就死定了。所以“截止日期”是决定你生死的一条线。

020 工作满一年，可享有特休七天。

After working for a full year, you are eligible for seven vacation days.
Eligible adj. 合格的，有资格的

021 办公室有很多常常跷班的同事。

Our office has a lot of workers who skip work on a regular basis.
Skip v. 跳过
Skip work跷班
On a regular basis 经常
Play truant 跷班

022 请将我们所定的东西尽快寄出。

Please send all of the items we ordered as soon as possible.
Item n. 项目
As soon as possible 愈快愈好(= as fast as you can）
你还可以这样说：
Could you put a rush on that please?

023 他到中国大陆出差了。

He went on a business trip to mainland China.
Mainland n. 本土；大陆
Go on a business trip 出差

024 若你的迟到情况没有改善的话，公司会对你进行处分。

If your tardiness situation doesn’t improve, the company will have to penalize you.
Tardiness n. 迟到；缓慢
Tardy adj. 迟到的
Penalize v. 处罚
你还可以这样说：
If you carry on being late, you will be penalized by the company.

025 对不起，我漏听了一些资料。

I’m sorry. I didn’t catch some of the information.
Catch v. 听清楚；领会；抓住
你还可以这样说：
I’m sorry. I missed some of the information.
类似的说法还有：
Could you repeat that , please?
可以请你再重复一次吗？

026 我们的营业时间是早上十点到晚上九点。

Our business hours are from 10a.m. until 9p.m.
你还可以这样说：
Our business hours are 10a.m. to 9p.m.

027 音乐是每天上班的精神食粮。

Music is spiritual food at work every day.
Spiritual adj. 精神上的；灵性的
类似的说法还有：
Music is food for the soul.
音乐是人们的精神食粮。

028 员工是公司的重要资产。

A company’s staff is its most important asset.
Asset n. 资产
类似的说法还有：
A happy employee is a productive employee.
心情愉快的员工生产力才高。

029 我要薪水高，福利好，制度也好的工作。

I need a job with a high salary and good benefits, as well as a good system.
Benefit n. 益处；福利
System n. 制度；系统
Employee benefit 员工福利

030 他上班时常常都在打瞌睡。

He often dozes off while he is at work.
Doze off 打瞌睡
类似的说法还有：
He is sleeping on the job again.
他上班的时候又睡着了。

031 我下午请假。

I'm off this afternoon.
其他关于请假的类似说法：
a. She is on maternity leave for ten weeks. 她请产假十周。
b. He is on paternity leave until next year. 他陪产假会请到明年。
c. I need to use some personal leave time.
   There has been a death in my family.
我需要请事假。我家里有人过世了。

032 我很讨厌开一些没有效率的会议。

I don't like having a lot of ineffective meetings.
ineffective adj. 没效率的

033 他写的程序很混乱。

The program he wrote is a mess.
program n. 程序
你还可以说：
The program he wrote is messy.

034 打印机好像夹纸了。

It seems like the paper's jammed in the printer.
jam v.卡住
printer n.打印机
OA办公室设备介绍：
copy machine 复印机
fax machine 传真机
overhead projector 投影仪

035 这不在我的工作范围内。

This isn't part of my job.
你还可以这样说：
This is outside my role. It isn't part of my job specifications.

036 上下班都要记得打卡。

Don't forget to punch in and out.
punch v.原来是打孔器给票或卡片穿孔，打洞的意思，这里是“上下班打卡”的动作。
punch in 上班
punch out 下班
你还可以这样说：
Don't forget to clock in and out.
Don't forget to swipe in and out.

037 贵公司产品的价格在市场上没有竞争力。

The price of your company's product is not competitive on the market.
competitive adj.有竞争力的
compete v. 竞争
competition n. 竞争

038 你应该以事业为重。

You should put your career as your first priority.
career n. 事业
priority n. 重点；优先
put (someone/something)as (one's) priority 将。。。视为首要之务
你还可以这样说：
You should put your career first.
Your career should come first in your life.

039 我查一下电脑看您要的商品是否有货。

Let me just check the computer to see whether the product you want is in stock.
check v.检查
in stock 有库存
out of stock 无库存

040 我每天工作超过十二小时。

I work more than twelve hours every day.
你还可以这样说：
I work more than twelve hours a day.
I put in more than twelve hours of work a day.

041 你有几年工作经验了？

How many years of work experience do you have?
work experience 工作经验
teaching experience 教学经验
你知道吗？在英文中，“工作经验”不是 working experience.因为work也可以当名词用，而如果是“教学经验”的话，由于teach是动词，所以必须要加-ing变成动名词。
类似的说法还有：
How many relevant experience do you have?你有几年的相关经验。
你可以这样回答：
I have six years of work experience. 我有六年的工作经验。
I have twenty year's seniority. 我多了二十年的经验。

042 这份工作有年龄限制吗？

Is there an age restriction for this job?
restriction n. 限制
restrict v.限制
restrictive adj.限定的

043 我的主管常常喜欢小题大作。

My supervisor often likes to make mountains out of molehills.
supervisor n. 主管
molehill n.鼹鼠丘
make mountains out of molehills 小题大做
类似的说法还有：
He's a real company man.
他是老板眼中的女员工。

044 计划永远赶不上变化。

Plans can never keep up with changes.
keep up with 跟上

045 变化永远赶不上老板的一句话。

No matter what changes are made, one can never catch up with the boss's latest ideas.
latest adj. 最新的
no matter what 无论什么
catch up with 追上；赶上
catch up with   &   keep up with:（两个短语都有“追赶”的意思）
catch up with是指“某人苦苦追赶，但是还没赶上”；
keep up with是指“已经追上了，但是得苦苦维持”。

046 公司的名誉对我们而言是最重要的事情。

The company's reputation is the most important thing for us.
reputation n. （好的）声誉

047 请先读一下员工手册，下午会有新进员工的教育训练。

Please read over the employee handbook, and there will be an orientation session for new employees in the afternoon.
employee n 受雇者；从业人员
handbook n. 手册
orientation n.迎新介绍（可指新进员工训练或是新生训练）
session n. （上课）时间

048 如果你离开公司的话，我们就全完了。

If you left the company, we'd fall flat on our faces.
fall flat on (one's) faces 失败；垮掉
fall flat 本来是形容人“直挺挺地倒下”，在此引申为“（某事物）达不到预想效果或是失败”的意思。

049 他的老板总是让他忙得焦头烂额。

His boss always pushes him too far.
push v.使（某人）忙碌；逼迫；催促
你还可以这样说：
His boss pushes him too hard all the time.

050 他是个很有上进心的业务员。

He is an ambitious salesperson.
ambitious adj.有抱负的；有雄心壮志的；野心勃勃的
类似的说法还有：
He is a go-getter.他是个积极进取的人。

051 真烦！我还是没有升官。

I was passed up for promotion again. That stinks.
promotion n. 升职
stink v.令人厌恶
pass up 拒绝；擦身而过
要表达“情况令人不满，或是令人觉得很讨厌”，除了that stinks, 你还可以说：
That sucks.这真是糟透了。
That's a real bummer.这真令人失望。
That's a real drag.真讨厌。

052 这份工作的薪水只够塞牙缝。

This job pays peanuts.
peanuts n. pl. 小数目；小数额
类似的说法还有：
This job won't put bread on the table.
这份工作无法维持生计。
You can't live on what you make from this job.
你没办法单靠这份工作糊口。

053 这份工作一点前途都没有，而且我在公司只是个小兵而已。

This is a dead-end job. I'm just a cog in a wheel.
cog n. （齿轮的）齿
wheel n.轮子
dead-end adj. 没有前途的
a cog in the wheel微不足道的小角色
你知道吗？a cog in the wheel这个短语的原意是“机器上的一颗螺丝钉”，若用来形容人，则指他们是大公司，大团体的小卒子，在此暗讽自己“地位微不足道，像小螺丝钉般无关紧要”。

054 他老是在扯我们后腿。

He is the one who's been holding us back.
hold (someone)back阻碍（某人的）行动或进度
你还可以这样说：
He is our stumbling back.
He is a weight around our necks.

055 你下星期五可以帮我代班吗？我有点私事要处理。

Can you take my shift next Friday?
I have some personal affairs to take care of.
take (one's) shift帮（某人）代班

personal affairs还可以说成：
personal business
personal stuff （非正式用法）
你可以这样回答：
I'd be willing to switch my Tuesday shift for your Friday shift. How does that sound?
我可以用礼拜二的班跟你换班，你觉得可以吗？

056 你们这组进度落后，害我们没办法交货。

Your team is behind schedule and is holding up shipments.
schedule n. 预定计划
hold up 耽搁
shipment n.装运的货物
keep schedule 按照进度执行计划
ahead of schedule 进度提前
on schedule 如期
behind schedule 进度落后

057 海关方面有了新的规定，现在清关需要四天。

The government set up new customs regulations; it took four days to get the shipment cleared.
customs n.海关；关税
regulation n.规范
set up 设定
clear v.结清

058 新上任的经理让我觉得一个头两个大，我觉得我永远没办法把事情做对。

I'm having a difficult time being the new manager. I feel like I'll never get it right.
manager n. 经理
have a difficult time 困难重重
有人这样跟你诉苦时，你可以这样回答：
Don't panic. Hang in there and you'll get into the swing of things.
别慌，坚持下去，你会慢慢进入状况的。
Don't be so hard on yourself.
You should know the whole staff is behind you.
别对自己那么严厉，你要知道大家都支持你。

059 今天下午的会议能改期吗？

Can we reschedule the meeting for this afternoon?
reschedule v.重定。。。的时间
类似的说法还有：
Can we postpone the meeting till friday?
我们可以把会议延期到礼拜五吗？
I' m sorry. I 'm running a bit late.
I won't be able to make it to the meeting.
不好意思，我会迟到，所以我可能没法开会了。
I have to postpone our meeting. Will you take a rain check?
我得把会议延后，可以跟你改期吗？

060 那个企划案还没通过。

The project is still up in the air.
project n. 计划；方案
up in the air 悬而未决
你还可以这样说：
The project is not finalized.
The project is not settled.
No decisions have been made yet regarding the project.