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| preach to the choir
對已有相同看法的人鼓吹同樣的想法 |
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有「宣講福音;傳教」的意思,也可引申為「積極鼓吹某種說法」的意思;而 choir 則是「(教堂、教會的)唱詩班」,preach to the choir
的字面意思是「向唱詩班的人傳教」,常引申指「和已有相同看法的人鼓吹同樣的想法。同義片語為 preach to the
converted。 | | |
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You are
preaching to the choir by telling us that our
products are good. You have to convince potential
customers. 我們都認為我們的產品很好,不必你再來說明。你應該去說服更多的潛在客戶。 | |
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Jerri and Dave are discussing a
promotional campaign for their
products. 潔蕊和戴夫正在討論一項為他們的商品所作的促銷活動。 |
| Jerri: |
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I
don't think we should go
ahead with Mike's suggestion to offer a
10 percent price reduction. |
潔蕊: |
我不認為我們應該照麥可所建議的,開始提供九折的減價優惠。 |
| Dave: |
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All
we'll end up doing is selling more, but for less
profit. I think it's a bad idea. |
戴夫: |
這樣做我們雖然可以賣出更多,但利潤卻反倒減少。我認為這是一個壞主意。 |
| Jerri: |
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Not
only that, it sends the wrong signal to
consumers. They'll think that our products are
low end when we're trying to position them as
premium. |
潔蕊: |
不只是這樣,這樣還會給消費者錯誤的訊息。他們會認為是因為產品品質不佳,所以我們才會削價求售。 |
| Dave: |
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You're preaching to the choir with
that one Jerri. Our problem is to convince
Mike. |
戴夫: |
潔蕊,妳不必說服我,我的想法和妳相同。我們的問題應該是要說服麥可才對。 |
| Jerri: |
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Well, all I think we can do is
tell him our views and be frank with him. Ultimately,
it's his call. |
潔蕊: |
嗯,我認為我們所能做的是坦白告訴他我們的想法。最終還是由他來作決定。 |
| Dave: |
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OK.
My schedule is pretty light this week, when do
you want to have a meeting with him? |
戴夫: |
好的。我這個星期都蠻空閒的,你們什麼時候要和他開會? |
| Jerri: |
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How
about tomorrow afternoon at two? |
潔蕊: |
明天下午兩點怎麼樣? |
| Dave: |
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That's fine with me. I'll give
him a call right now. |
戴夫: |
我沒問題。我現在就打電話給他。 | | |
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| go ahead
請便;開始或繼續做某事 |
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| go
ahead
一般在口語中可指「請便」,也可指「開始或繼續做某事、進行某活動」的意思。名詞寫作 go-ahead。 | | |
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I think I will
just go ahead and give the customer a
refund. 我想我要繼續讓顧客享受可以退還差價的服務。 | |
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| frank 坦白;坦誠 |
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| 另一個常見的用語為 frankly
speaking(坦白說……) | | |
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Bill was not
frank with Sarah when he said he had never met
Jill; she was his last girlfriend. 比爾未對莎拉說實話;他說他沒見過吉兒,但事實上吉兒是他的前任女友。 | |
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| it's someone's call
由某人來決定 |
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| call 在此有「決定」的意思,而 it's someone's call
就是「由某人來發號施令;由某人作最後決定」的意思,亦可寫為 call the
shots。 | | |
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It's the boss' decision.
It's his call. 這要留待老闆來決定。他說了算。 |
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Until the
company appoints a new president, the V.P. will be
calling the shots. 在公司指派新總裁前,公司將由副總裁來作主。 | |