轻松日记商务职场篇104:真卑鄙

 　　核心句型：

　　What a raw deal!

　　真卑鄙啊！

　　a raw deal直译过来就是：“一笔未加工的交易”，这个短语的正确意思是：“不公平的交易，卑鄙的行为”。因此，当美国人说"What a raw deal!"时，他/她要表达的意思就是:"What a dirty dog!"、"What a contemptible¹ worm!"。

　　情景对白：

　　Benjamin: My colleague traduced² me behind my back in order to get promoted. What a raw deal!

　　本杰明：同事为了升职在我背后中伤我。真卑鄙啊！

　　Shirley: Honey, he's not worth it. Just let it go.

　　雪莉：亲爱的，他不值得你生气，就别再想了。

　　搭配句积累：

　　①She tried every conceivable means to get herself promoted.

　　为了升职她不择手段。

　　②He never fulfills³ his promise of pay rise.

　　他承诺加薪，却从没兑现过。

　　③She slandered⁴ me in front of our colleagues in order to get the chance of promotion⁵.

　　为了争取唯一的晋升指标，她竟然在背后诽谤我。

　　④He copied my creative work and gained recognition of the boss, which enabled him to be promoted.

　　他抄袭我的创意，得到老板赏识，获得了提拔。

　　单词：

　　1. contemptible adj. 卑鄙的

　　His cowardice⁶ in face of the enemy was contemptible.

　　他在敌人面前胆小如鼠，真是可鄙。

　　That was a contemptible trick to play on a friend.

　　对朋友耍花招是卑鄙的。

　　He usurped⁷ power by contemptible measures.

　　他用卑鄙的手段得以篡权。

　　2. conceivable adj. 可想象的

　　Without their support the project would not have been conceivable.

　　如果没有他们的支持，这个项目根本就不可想象。

　　It is just conceivable that a single survivor⁸ might be found.

　　或许能找到一个幸存者，这不是没有可能。

　　Through the centuries, flowers have been used for cooking in every conceivable way.

　　几个世纪以来，人们以各种想象得到的方式将鲜花入菜。

1 contemptible   

adj.可鄙的，可轻视的，卑劣的

参考例句：

• His personal presence is unimpressive and his speech contemptible.他气貌不扬，言语粗俗。
• That was a contemptible trick to play on a friend.那是对朋友玩弄的一出可鄙的把戏。

2 traduced   

v.诋毁( traduce的过去式和过去分词 )；诽谤；违反；背叛

参考例句：

• We have been traduced in the press as xenophobic bigots. 我们被新闻界诋毁为仇外的偏狭之徒。 来自辞典例句

3 fulfills   

v.履行（诺言等）( fulfill的第三人称单数 )；执行（命令等）；达到（目的）；使结束

参考例句：

• He always fulfills his promises. 他总是履行自己的诺言。 来自辞典例句
• His own work amply fulfills this robust claim. 他自己的作品在很大程度上实现了这一正确主张。 来自辞典例句

4 slandered   

造谣中伤( slander的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• She slandered him behind his back. 她在背地里对他造谣中伤。
• He was basely slandered by his enemies. 他受到仇敌卑鄙的诋毁。

5 promotion   

n.提升，晋级；促销，宣传

参考例句：

• The teacher conferred with the principal about Dick's promotion.教师与校长商谈了迪克的升级问题。
• The clerk was given a promotion and an increase in salary.那个职员升了级，加了薪。

6 cowardice   

n.胆小，怯懦

参考例句：

• His cowardice reflects on his character.他的胆怯对他的性格带来不良影响。
• His refusal to help simply pinpointed his cowardice.他拒绝帮助正显示他的胆小。

7 usurped   

篡夺，霸占( usurp的过去式和过去分词 )； 盗用； 篡夺，篡权

参考例句：

• That magazine usurped copyrighted material. 那杂志盗用了版权为他人所有的素材。
• The expression'social engineering'has been usurped by the Utopianist without a shadow of light. “社会工程”这个词已被乌托邦主义者毫无理由地盗用了。

8 survivor   

n.生存者，残存者，幸存者

参考例句：

• The sole survivor of the crash was an infant.这次撞车的惟一幸存者是一个婴儿。
• There was only one survivor of the plane crash.这次飞机失事中只有一名幸存者。