轻松日记商务职场篇15:这家公司很可疑

 　　核心句型：

　　The company seems fishy¹.

　　这家公司看起来很可疑。

　　fishy的本意是“鱼的，似鱼的”，鱼滑溜溜的不好抓住，于是fishy的引申意思就是“可疑的、靠不住的”。因此当美国人说"The company seems fishy."时，他要表达的意思就是:"The company is suspicious."、"The cpmpany looks quite questionable²."。

　　情景对话：

　　Shirley : The company told me that I was hired and I had to pay 200dollars for training. I'm a little confused.

　　雪莉：那家公司说要雇佣我了，但是我要先交200美元的培训费，我有点疑惑。

　　Benjamin: Honey, you'd better be careful. The company seems fishy.

　　本杰明：亲爱的，你最好谨慎点。这家公司很可疑。

　　搭配句积累：

　　①What do you think of this company?

　　你觉得这家公司怎么样？

　　②The company promised me a good salary.

　　这家公司承诺给我丰厚的薪水。

　　③This company has hired me without a face-to-face interview.

　　这家公司没有现场面试就雇用我了。

　　④A lot of strange people were coming in and out of the company when I was having an interview there.

　　我去那家公司面试的时候，有好多陌生人进进出出的。

1 fishy   

adj. 值得怀疑的

参考例句：

• It all sounds very fishy to me.所有这些在我听起来都很可疑。
• There was definitely something fishy going on.肯定当时有可疑的事情在进行中。

2 questionable   

adj.可疑的，有问题的

参考例句：

• There are still a few questionable points in the case.这个案件还有几个疑点。
• Your argument is based on a set of questionable assumptions.你的论证建立在一套有问题的假设上。