轻松日记商务职场篇69:花言巧语哄骗老板

 　　核心句型：

　　He is so good at giving the boss a snow job.

　　他多擅长花言巧语哄骗老板呀。

　　snow job这个俚语在日常生活很常见，它的意思是：“以天花乱坠式的迷惑性言语来说服或欺骗他人”，强调欺骗者所编的谎言很有迷惑性。常用来推销商品、骗取钱财、讨好上司或赢取耳根软的女性芳心。因此，当美国人说"He is so good at giving the boss a snow job."时，他/她要表达的意思就是:"He is really skilled in coaxing² the boss."、"He really excels at kissing up to the boss."。

　　情景对白：

　　Terry: Wow, look, he is so good at giving the boss a snow job.

　　泰瑞：哇，看呐，他多擅长花言巧语哄骗老板呀。

　　Benjamin: Yeah. What can we say? The boss just knuckles⁴ under to that.

　　本杰明：是啊，我们能说些什么呢？老板就吃他那一套。

　　搭配句积累：

　　①It seems that he is born a good liar⁵.

　　他似乎生来就是个谎话高手。

　　②Actually, he is absolutely incompetent⁶ for that position.

　　事实上，他根本不能胜任那个职位。

　　③Yes, this is a good way to keep his bread and butter.

　　是啊，这可是他保住饭碗的良方。

　　④But his lies will be seen through some day.

　　但是他的谎言总有一天会被拆穿。

　　单词：

　　1. coax¹ vt. 哄骗

　　The government coaxed⁷ them to give up their strike by promising⁸ them temporary residence permits.

　　政府承诺给他们发放暂住证，诱哄他们放弃罢工。

　　The WPC talked yesterday of her role in trying to coax vital information from the young victim.

　　昨天，这名女警谈到自己在诱导年轻的受害人说出重要信息的过程中所起的作用。

　　It took Louis until Easter to coax a grudging⁹ consent from the French King.

　　路易斯连哄带骗，直到复活节才勉强得到法国国王的许可。

　　2. knuckle³ vi. 屈服

　　Tom did not knuckle down under the attacks.

　　面对这些攻击，汤姆并没有屈服。

　　He refused to knuckle under to the enemy.

　　他拒绝向敌人投降。

　　In spite of every argument he obstinately¹⁰ refused to knuckle under.

　　尽管面对着一切论据，他顽固地拒不认输。

1 coax   

v.哄诱，劝诱，用诱哄得到，诱取

参考例句：

• I had to coax the information out of him.我得用好话套出他掌握的情况。
• He tried to coax the secret from me.他试图哄骗我说出秘方。

2 coaxing   

v.哄，用好话劝说( coax的现在分词 )；巧言骗取；哄劝，劝诱；“锻炼”效应

参考例句：

• No amount of coaxing will make me change my mind. 任你费尽口舌也不会说服我改变主意。
• It took a lot of coaxing before he agreed. 劝说了很久他才同意。 来自辞典例句

3 knuckle   

n.指节；vi.开始努力工作；屈服，认输

参考例句：

• They refused to knuckle under to any pressure.他们拒不屈从任何压力。
• You'll really have to knuckle down if you want to pass the examination.如果想通过考试，你确实应专心学习。

4 knuckles   

n.（指人）指关节( knuckle的名词复数 )；（指动物）膝关节，踝v.（指人）指关节( knuckle的第三人称单数 )；（指动物）膝关节，踝

参考例句：

• He gripped the wheel until his knuckles whitened. 他紧紧握住方向盘，握得指关节都变白了。
• Her thin hands were twisted by swollen knuckles. 她那双纤手因肿大的指关节而变了形。 来自《简明英汉词典》

5 liar   

n.说谎的人

参考例句：

• I know you for a thief and a liar!我算认识你了，一个又偷又骗的家伙！
• She was wrongly labelled a liar.她被错误地扣上说谎者的帽子。

6 incompetent   

adj.无能力的，不能胜任的

参考例句：

• He is utterly incompetent at his job.他完全不能胜任他的工作。
• He is incompetent at working with his hands.他动手能力不行。

7 coaxed   

v.哄，用好话劝说( coax的过去式和过去分词 )；巧言骗取；哄劝，劝诱

参考例句：

• She coaxed the horse into coming a little closer. 她哄着那匹马让它再靠近了一点。
• I coaxed my sister into taking me to the theatre. 我用好话哄姐姐带我去看戏。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

8 promising   

adj.有希望的，有前途的

参考例句：

• The results of the experiments are very promising.实验的结果充满了希望。
• We're trying to bring along one or two promising young swimmers.我们正设法培养出一两名有前途的年轻游泳选手。

9 grudging   

adj.勉强的，吝啬的

参考例句：

• He felt a grudging respect for her talents as an organizer.他勉强地对她的组织才能表示尊重。
• After a pause he added"sir."in a dilatory,grudging way.停了一会他才慢吞吞地、勉勉强强地加了一声“先生”。

10 obstinately   

ad.固执地，顽固地

参考例句：

• He obstinately asserted that he had done the right thing. 他硬说他做得对。
• Unemployment figures are remaining obstinately high. 失业数字仍然顽固地居高不下。