《复仇》第11集 第7期:竞争对手

 Thank you for the Stonehaven tip, Emily. 多谢你给我斯通黑文公司的消息  艾米莉

Of course. Is it significant? 没事  有用吗

It's hard to say just yet. 还不好说

But to that end, 但是为了弄清楚

I'm not sure how including Daniel 我不知道把丹尼尔拉到

in your upcoming charity auction¹ would convince him 你即将开办的慈善拍卖中能否说服他

to abandon his post at Grayson Global. 放弃目前在格雷森国际的职位

I know. I'm afraid that was in the works 我知道  但是在咱们进行这次对话前

before we had our conversation, 我就在准备那项活动了

and it's hard to turn a ship on a dime². 这么短时间也不容易转变他

Ah, well, c'est la guerre. 哎  这就是战争啊

As long as you're going through with it, 既然你答应继续帮我

might I suggest that you invite Jason Prosser to the event? 能请你邀请杰森·普罗塞吗

Jason Prosser of Prosser Wealth Funds? 普罗塞财富基金的杰森·普罗塞吗

Oh, you know of him? 你知道他

Of course, but isn't he one of Grayson Global's 当然  但是他不是格雷森国际

biggest competitors? 最大的竞争对手吗

Yes. 没错

Men like Conrad and Jason 康拉德和杰森这样的男人

judge their manhood by the size of their wallets. 总是靠财富多少来丈量他们的男人气概

And it's always been my experience 根据我的经验

that the most lucrative³ charity auctions⁴ 获益最多的慈善拍卖会

are the ones that pit 总是涉及

two corporate⁵ egos⁶ against each other. 二虎相争的那些

With your permission, 只要你答应

I'm sure I could get Jason to attend. 我肯定能说服杰森出席

Permission granted. 我答应

 

1 auction   

n.拍卖；拍卖会；vt.拍卖

参考例句：

• They've put the contents of their house up for auction.他们把房子里的东西全都拿去拍卖了。
• They bought a new minibus with the proceeds from the auction.他们用拍卖得来的钱买了一辆新面包车。

2 dime   

n.（指美国、加拿大的钱币）一角

参考例句：

• A dime is a tenth of a dollar.一角银币是十分之一美元。
• The liberty torch is on the back of the dime.自由火炬在一角硬币的反面。

3 lucrative   

adj.赚钱的，可获利的

参考例句：

• He decided to turn his hobby into a lucrative sideline.他决定把自己的爱好变成赚钱的副业。
• It was not a lucrative profession.那是一个没有多少油水的职业。

4 auctions   

n.拍卖，拍卖方式( auction的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• They picked up most of the furniture at auctions in country towns. 他们大部分的家具都是在乡村镇上的拍卖处买的。 来自辞典例句
• Our dealers didn't want these cars, so we had to dump them at auctions. 我们的承销商都不要这些车子，因此我们只好贱价拍卖。 来自辞典例句

5 corporate   

adj.共同的，全体的；公司的，企业的

参考例句：

• This is our corporate responsibility.这是我们共同的责任。
• His corporate's life will be as short as a rabbit's tail.他的公司的寿命是兔子尾巴长不了。

6 egos   

自我，自尊，自负( ego的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• Their egos are so easily bruised. 他们的自尊心很容易受到伤害。
• The belief in it issues from the puerile egos of inferior men. 这种信仰是下等人幼稚的自私意识中产生的。