轻松日记商务职场篇79:轻松战胜对手

 　　核心句型：

　　I'm sure you'll walk over all the other competitors.

　　我肯定你能轻易胜过其他对手。

　　walk over直译过来就是：“从上面走过去”，这个短语的正确意思是：“轻松打败，轻而易举地胜过”。因此，当美国人说"I'm sure you'll walk over all the other competitors."时，他/她要表达的意思就是:"I am sure you will win without any difficulty."、"I believe that you will beat others in a breeze¹."。

　　情景对白：

　　Benjamin: The bid will begin soon. I am a little bit worried.

　　本杰明：竞标马上就要开始了，我还是有点担心。

　　Boss: I'm sure you'll walk over all the other competitors.

　　老板：我肯定你能轻易胜过其他对手。

　　搭配句积累：

　　①It is a piece of cake for you.

　　这对你来说简直小菜一碟。

　　②Keep your fingers crossed.

　　祝你好运。

　　③Don't chicken out.

　　不要临阵退缩。

　　④Just be confident. It's no big deal.

　　自信点，没什么大不了的。

　　单词：

　　1. breeze n. 轻而易举的事

　　And after being an office manager for 20 people, handling my own tiny staff of three is a breeze!

　　我曾经是管理着20个人的办公室经理，现在领导区区3名员工不费吹灰之力！

　　Making the pastry² is a breeze if you have a food processor.

　　如果你有食品加工机，做这种点心轻而易举。

　　2. chicken out 临阵退缩

　　His mother complains that he makes excuses to chicken out of family occasions³ such as weddings.

　　他妈妈抱怨他找借口躲避家庭聚会，如婚礼之类的。

　　I had never ridden on a motorcycle before. But it was too late to chicken out.

　　那以前我从没骑过摩托车。不过，想退缩已经来不及了。

1 breeze   

n.微风；轻而易举的事；vi.来去匆匆，急速走

参考例句：

• A little breeze is blowing in from the window.微风从窗户里吹进来。
• The clouds are pale and a light breeze is blowing.云淡风轻。

2 pastry   

n.油酥面团，酥皮糕点

参考例句：

• The cook pricked a few holes in the pastry.厨师在馅饼上戳了几个洞。
• The pastry crust was always underdone.馅饼的壳皮常常烤得不透。

3 occasions   

n.机会( occasion的名词复数 )；时刻；原因；需要

参考例句：

• The prosecution stated that intercourse had occurred on several occasions. 控诉方称发生过数次性交。
• He has been late on numerous occasions. 他已经迟到过无数次了。