轻松日记商务职场篇142:犹豫不决

 　　核心句型：

　　The chairman is at sixes and sevens over the issue of budget increase.

　　在增加预算的问题上，董事长心里也是犹豫不决，拿不定主意。

　　be at sixes and sevens其实和六七没有多大关系，而是想当于中文中的“七上八下，乱七八糟，拿不定主意”。因此，当美国人说"The chairman is at sixes and sevens over the issue of budget increase."时，他/她要表达的意思就是:"The chairman is hesitating about the issue of budget increase."、"The chairman has no idea about the issue of budget increase."。

　　情景对白：

　　Terry: What's the chairman's attitude about your proposals?

　　泰瑞：你的那些提议，董事长怎么看？

　　Benjamin: The chairman is at sixes and sevens over the issue of budget increase.

　　本杰明：在增加预算的问题上，董事长心里也是犹豫不决，拿不定主意。

　　搭配句积累：

　　①Our project is facing a serious budget shortfall.

　　我们的项目正面临严重的预算不足。

　　②Since we're not sufficiently¹ funded, we might have to suspend the project.

　　由于经费不足，我们或许不得不暂停项目了。

　　③We have submitted the application for more funds.

　　我们已经提交了资金申请。

　　④In order to restart the project, our company has to experience a series of reforms.

　　为了重新启动项目，我们公司得进行一系列改革。

　　单词：

　　shortfall n. 不足，差额

　　The government has refused to make up a ?30,000 shortfall in funding.

　　政府拒不补上 30，000 英镑的资金缺口。

　　We have to borrow money to cover the shortfall between expenditure² and revenue.

　　我们不得不借钱以弥补收支间的差额。

　　The results of a growing number of studies suggest that even a modest vitamin shortfall can be harmful to your health.

　　越来越多的研究结果提示,即使是轻微的维生素摄入不足对健康也是有害的。

1 sufficiently   

adv.足够地，充分地

参考例句：

• It turned out he had not insured the house sufficiently.原来他没有给房屋投足保险。
• The new policy was sufficiently elastic to accommodate both views.新政策充分灵活地适用两种观点。

2 expenditure   

n.(时间、劳力、金钱等)支出；使用，消耗

参考例句：

• The entry of all expenditure is necessary.有必要把一切开支入账。
• The monthly expenditure of our family is four hundred dollars altogether.我们一家的开销每月共计四百元。