迷你对话学地道口语第688期:反复考虑

 　　Subject：We need to kick round.

　　迷你对话

　　A: Whose proposal¹ did your boss decide to adopt?

　　你们老板准备采用谁的建议。

　　B: You mean proposals² about the transpacific project?

　　你是说关于跨太平洋的那个项目吗？

　　A: Yes.

　　是的。

　　B: He said that we need to kick round a few more proposal before we come to a final decision.

　　他说我们在做最终决定之前，要多考虑一个方案。

　　地道表达

　　kick round

　　1. 解词释义

　　Kick around的字面意思是“踢来踢去”，引申为“对（一个想法）给予反复考虑”。

　　2. 拓展例句

　　e.g. He kicked round the idea for a week before replying.

　　他在答复以前把这个想法反复考虑了一周。

　　e.g. I need to kick round my marriage to John.

　　我需要反复考虑一下我和约翰的婚姻。

1 proposal   

n.提议，建议；求婚

参考例句：

• I feel that we ought to accept his proposal.我觉得我们应该接受他的建议。
• They could not gain over anyone to support their proposal.他们无法争取到支持他们建议的人。

2 proposals   

n.提议( proposal的名词复数 )；推荐；求婚；赞成提案

参考例句：

• The director has given her assent to the proposals. 负责人已表示同意提案。
• The police gave the proposals their full backing. 警方对这些提案给予全力支持。