轻松日记商务职场篇206:虚伪善变

 　　核心句型：

　　I'm tired of dealing¹ with my two-faced co-workers and capricious boss.

　　我讨厌跟那些虚伪的同事和善变的老板周旋。

　　two-faced 直译过来就是：“两面的”，这个短语的正确意思是：“虚伪的”。因此，当美国人说"I'm tired of dealing with my two-faced co-workers and capricious boss."时，他/她要表达的意思就是:"I hate dealing with my hypocritical colleagues and fickle² boss."、"I'm sick of mingling³ with my disingenuous⁴ workmates and variable boss."。

　　情景对白：

　　Benjamin: Honey, don't you have an office party tonight?

　　本杰明：亲爱的，你今晚不是有个公司聚会吗？

　　Shirley: I don't want to go. I'm tired of dealing with my two-faced co-workers and capricious boss.

　　雪莉：我不想参加。我讨厌跟那些虚伪的同事和善变的老板周旋。

　　搭配句积累：

　　①I have been sick of this sort of life.

　　我已经厌倦了这种生活。

　　②You know, this is part of our job. Cheer up!

　　你知道的，这也是我们工作的一部分。振作一点！

　　③They make me sick.

　　他们让我觉得恶心。

　　④I really want to get away from this predicament.

　　我真的很想摆脱这种困境。

　　单词：

　　1. hypocritical adj. 虚伪的，伪善的

　　It's hypocritical to say one thing and do another.

　　言行不符就是伪善。

　　If someone is being hypocritical then it is fair to expose that.

　　如果有人虚伪矫饰，那就应该暴露他的真面目。

　　2. fickle adj. 易变的，多变的

　　The group has been notoriously fickle in the past.

　　这伙人过去一直是出了名的善变。

　　The television world was a notoriously fickle one.

　　电视圈是出了名的变化无常。

　　3. predicament n. 困境，状态

　　The decision will leave her in a peculiar⁵ predicament.

　　这个决定会让她处于尴尬的境地。

　　I am in the identical predicament with yourself.

　　我和你处于同样的窘境之中。

1 dealing   

n.经商方法，待人态度

参考例句：

• This store has an excellent reputation for fair dealing.该商店因买卖公道而享有极高的声誉。
• His fair dealing earned our confidence.他的诚实的行为获得我们的信任。

2 fickle   

adj.(爱情或友谊上)易变的，不坚定的

参考例句：

• Fluctuating prices usually base on a fickle public's demand.物价的波动往往是由于群众需求的不稳定而引起的。
• The weather is so fickle in summer.夏日的天气如此多变。

3 mingling   

adj.混合的

参考例句：

• There was a spring of bitterness mingling with that fountain of sweets. 在这个甜蜜的源泉中间，已经掺和进苦涩的山水了。
• The mingling of inconsequence belongs to us all. 这场矛盾混和物是我们大家所共有的。

4 disingenuous   

adj.不诚恳的，虚伪的

参考例句：

• It is disingenuous of him to flatter me.他对我阿谀奉承，是居心叵测。
• His brother Shura with staring disingenuous eyes was plotting to master the world.他那长着一对狡诈眼睛的哥哥瑞拉，处心积虑图谋征服整个世界。

5 peculiar   

adj.古怪的，异常的；特殊的，特有的

参考例句：

• He walks in a peculiar fashion.他走路的样子很奇特。
• He looked at me with a very peculiar expression.他用一种很奇怪的表情看着我。