轻松日记商务职场篇219:心怀叵测

 　　核心句型：

　　I don't have an ax to grind.

　　我可没那么心怀叵测。

　　have an ax to grind 出自本杰明·富兰克林所写的一则故事，他年经时在院子里遇到一个带有斧头的陌生人，那人花言巧语哄骗他，让他转动磨石，而那人则在上面磨利自己的斧头，磨好后没有任何表示便走了。这个俚语现用来比喻：“表象背后藏有个人打算，别有用心”。因此，当美国人说"I don't have an ax to grind."时，他/她要表达的意思就是:"I don't have any evil intentions."、"I don't intend to do any spiteful things."。

　　情景对白：

　　Boss: Someone has leaked the information to our competitor. Is that you?

　　老板：有人将信息透露给了我们的竞争对手，是你吗？

　　Benjamin: I don't have an ax to grind. If I have betrayed you, why do I stay here and cooperate with your investigation¹?

　　本杰明：我可没那么心怀叵测。如果我真的背叛了你们，为什么还要留在这里配合你们的调查？

　　搭配句积累：

　　①Why do you want to meet the client by yourself?

　　你为什么想一个人去见客户呢？

　　②You always bad-mouth me in front of our manager. What do you want?

　　你总是在经理面前说我坏话。你想干吗？

　　③I hope the boss can bend the rules for my mistake.

　　我希望老板对我这次犯的错通融一下。

　　④You broke into the boss's office. How do you explain that?

　　你闯进了老板的办公室，这怎么解释？

　　单词：

　　1. grind vi. 磨

　　Would you please grind a pound of coffee for me?

　　请给我磨一磅咖啡好吗？

　　We grind up the wheat to make flour.

　　我们把小麦磨成面粉。

　　2. spiteful adj. 恶意的

　　He could be spiteful.

　　他可能怀有恶意。

　　He has been a spiteful sort of man.

　　他是一个善于怀恨的男人。

　　3. bend the rules 通融

　　I would like to bend the rules a little if possible.

　　如果可能的话，我是愿意通融一下的。

　　I'll bend the rules for you if you promise to work hard.

　　如果你保证努力工作，我会通融一下。

1 investigation   

n.调查，调查研究

参考例句：

• In an investigation,a new fact became known, which told against him.在调查中新发现了一件对他不利的事实。
• He drew the conclusion by building on his own investigation.他根据自己的调查研究作出结论。