轻松日记商务职场篇66:得罪老板

 　　核心句型：

　　He always gets in Dutch with the boss.

　　他经常得罪老板。

　　get in Dutch with sb. 这个俚语来源于十七至十八世纪的“英荷之战”，当时英国人对荷兰人非常憎恨，他们在重创荷兰人之余，还在语言上得理不饶人，在许多场合都用Dutch一词表示厌恶、轻蔑之意。这个俚语的意思就是：“得罪某人”。因此，当美国人说"He always gets in Dutch with the boss."时，他/她要表达的意思就是:"He always causes offence¹ to his boss."、"He often displeases³ his boss."。

　　情景对白：

　　Jane: He has a high opinion of himself. The boss seems to be fed up with him.

　　简：他这个人很自负，老板似乎很烦他。

　　Shirley: Yes. He always gets in Dutch with the boss. Who would like to have such an employee?

　　雪莉：是啊，他经常得罪老板，哪个老板会喜欢这样的员工啊？

　　搭配句积累：

　　①I think he is in great danger.

　　我觉得他处境很危险。

　　②Look, he is arguing with the boss again.

　　看，他又在和老板争论了。

　　③I think the boss will fire him soon.

　　我想老板很快就会炒掉他。

　　④He is not pleased with his work and pay.

　　他对现在的工作和薪酬不满意。

　　单词：

　　displease² vt. 使生气，使不悦

　　Not wishing to displease her, he avoided answering the question.

　　为了不惹她生气，他对这个问题避而不答。

　　Because have money situation, everybody dare displease him.

　　因为有财有势，谁也不敢得罪他。

　　His actions greatly displease me.

　　他的举止令我不高兴。

1 offence   

n.犯法（行为），罪过，过错

参考例句：

• She felt she had committed an offence against the right of others.她觉得自己侵犯了他人的权利。
• I agree with the theorem that the best defence is offence.我同意最好的防御是进攻的理论。

2 displease   

vt.使不高兴，惹怒；n.不悦，不满，生气

参考例句：

• Not wishing to displease her,he avoided answering the question.为了不惹她生气，他对这个问题避而不答。
• She couldn't afford to displease her boss.她得罪不起她的上司。

3 displeases   

冒犯，使生气，使不愉快( displease的第三人称单数 )

参考例句：

• Nothing displeases me more than loud talking. 没有比大声谈话更使我不高兴的了。
• Bill is a wise guy and displeases others by what he says. 比尔自命不凡，说的话让人生气。