轻松日记商务职场篇143:孤注一掷

 　　核心句型：

　　Don't put all your eggs in one basket.

　　不要把希望寄托在一件事情上。

　　put all your eggs in one basket直译过来就是：“把所有的鸡蛋放在一个篮子里”，这个短语的正确意思是：“把希望寄托在一件事情上”。因此，当美国人说"Don't put all your eggs in one basket."时，他/她要表达的意思就是:"Don't bet your success on one thing."、"Don't pin your hope on one thing."、"Don't bet your bottom dollar."。

　　情景对白：

　　Benjamin: I will try hard to get their financial support to ward¹ off risk of aborting³ our project.

　　本杰明：我会竭尽所能争取他们的资金支持，化解我们项目中止的风险。

　　Boss: Don't put all your eggs in one basket. We should think of other solutions as well.

　　老板：不要把希望寄托在一件事情上，我们还得想想其他办法。

　　搭配句积累：

　　①It's not wise to invest all my funds in that project.

　　我把所有资金都投进那个项目，很不明智啊。

　　②You'd better draw up several plans.

　　你最好多制定几条计划。

　　③You can't just wait for that company's help.

　　你不能只等着那家公司的帮助。

　　④We should find more ways out.

　　我们必须多找几条出路。

　　单词：

　　1. bet one's bottom dollar 孤注一掷

　　This horse will win. I would bet my bottom dollar on it.

　　此马必赢，我愿倾囊下注。

　　You can bet your bottom dollar that their team will win.

　　你可以十分肯定他们队会赢。

　　2. ward vi. 防御

　　She may have put up a fight to try to ward off her assailant.

　　她可能进行了顽强的反抗，试图击退袭击者。

　　Mass burials are now under way in an effort to ward off an outbreak of cholera⁴.

　　为防止霍乱爆发正在进行大规模掩埋。

　　3. abort² vt. 取消，中止

　　The decision was made to abort the mission.

　　决定中止这项任务。

　　A military guard was injured in the aborted⁵ coup⁶.

　　一位哨兵在这次未遂政变中受伤。

1 ward   

n.守卫，监护，病房，行政区，由监护人或法院保护的人（尤指儿童）；vt.守护，躲开

参考例句：

• The hospital has a medical ward and a surgical ward.这家医院有内科病房和外科病房。
• During the evening picnic,I'll carry a torch to ward off the bugs.傍晚野餐时，我要点根火把，抵挡蚊虫。

2 abort   

v.使流产，堕胎；中止；中止(工作、计划等)

参考例句：

• The captain instructed them to abort the mission.上尉指示他们中止执行任务。
• With this button the user can abort the audio sequence.用户可以用该按钮终止音频序列。

3 aborting   

v.（使）流产( abort的现在分词 )；（使）（某事物）中止；（因故障等而）（使）（飞机、宇宙飞船、导弹等）中断飞行；（使）（飞行任务等）中途失败

参考例句：

• Target machine is rebooting due to a different deployment task. Aborting deployment. 由于有另一个部署任务，目标计算机正在重新启动。正在中止部署。 来自互联网
• The number of seconds elapsed before aborting a connection attempt. 在中止连接尝试之前经过的秒数。 来自互联网

4 cholera   

n.霍乱

参考例句：

• The cholera outbreak has been contained.霍乱的发生已被控制住了。
• Cholera spread like wildfire through the camps.霍乱在营地里迅速传播。

5 aborted   

adj.流产的，失败的v.（使）流产( abort的过去式和过去分词 )；（使）（某事物）中止；（因故障等而）（使）（飞机、宇宙飞船、导弹等）中断飞行；（使）（飞行任务等）中途失败

参考例句：

• The rocket flight had to be aborted because of difficulties with computer. 因电脑出故障，这次火箭飞行只好中辍。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• They aborted the space flight finally. 他们最后中止了这次宇航飞行。 来自《简明英汉词典》

6 coup   

n.政变；突然而成功的行动

参考例句：

• The monarch was ousted by a military coup.那君主被军事政变者废黜了。
• That government was overthrown in a military coup three years ago.那个政府在3年前的军事政变中被推翻。