办公室英语口语第48期:A mandatory meeting 定开小组会

A mandatory¹ meeting
A: Paul? I need to work out a time to get together with your people.
B: Does everybody need to be there? Hilary and Jason are on vacation this week.
A: It would be best if everybody could be there. How about next week sometime?
B: Let me take a look at the schedule. I’ll get back to you this afternoon, all right?

定开小组会
A：保罗？我需要找个时间和你们大家碰头。
B：每个人都必须到吗？西勒里和杰森这星期都在休假。
A：最好每个人都能在。下周定个时间如何？
B：我来看看时间表。我下午给您回话，行吗？
 

1 mandatory   

adj.命令的；强制的；义务的；n.受托者

参考例句：

• It's mandatory to pay taxes.缴税是义务性的。
• There is no mandatory paid annual leave in the U.S.美国没有强制带薪年假。