轻松日记商务职场篇102:有点儿玄

 　　核心句型：

　　The raise you want is a bit iffy.

　　你想要加薪的事儿有点儿玄了。

　　a bit iffy直译过来就是：“有点未确定”，这个短语的正确意思是：“有点玄乎”。因此，当美国人说"The raise you want is a bit iffy."时，他/她要表达的意思就是:"It becomes improbable to give you a raise."、"Whether you will be raised is uncertain."。

　　情景对白：

　　Terry: My performance of this month is not bad. I'll treat you if I get a raise.

　　泰瑞：我这个月的业绩还不错，加薪了请你吃饭。

　　Benjamin: The raise you want is a bit iffy. Something is wrong with the company's capital operation.

　　本杰明：你想要加薪的事儿有点儿玄了。公司的资金运转出了点问题。

　　搭配句积累：

　　①Our boss is a really penny pincher.

　　我们老板是个名副其实的吝啬鬼。

　　②The time is not yet ripe.

　　时机尚未成熟。

　　③But I really appreciate your efforts for the development of our company.

　　但我确实很感激你对公司发展所作的努力。

　　④Don't get your hope too high.

　　别抱太大的希望了。

　　单词：

　　1. capital n. 资本，资金

　　Companies are having difficulty in raising capital...

　　各公司融资困难。

　　A large amount of capital is invested¹ in all these branches.

　　一大笔资金投入了各分公司。

　　Shortage² of capital held back economic development.

　　资金缺乏阻碍了经济发展。

　　2. penny pincher 吝啬鬼

　　I have no dark money for my over time work,our boss is a penny pincher.

　　我加班没有加班费，我们老板是个小气鬼。

　　Our boss is nothing but a penny—pincher so most of the employees want to quit.

　　我们的老板是个十足的吝啬鬼，大多数员工都想辞职。

　　Like so many other men of means, john was a penny pincher.

　　约翰和其他许多小气鬼一样是个吝啬的家伙。

1 invested   

v.投资，花费( invest的过去式和过去分词 )；授予；（把资金）投入；投入（时间、精力等）

参考例句：

• The money will be invested in managed funds. 这笔钱将投资于管理基金。
• He invested his lawyer with complete power to act for him. 他让律师全权代办。 来自《简明英汉词典》

2 shortage   

n.缺少，缺乏，不足

参考例句：

• The city is suffering a desperate shortage of water.这个城市严重缺水。
• The heart of the problem is a shortage of funds.问题的关键是缺乏经费。