轻松日记商务职场篇78:惩罚他

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　　I'll make it hot for him.

　　我要罚他。

　　make it hot for直译过来就是：“为……把它弄热”，这个短语的正确意思是：“惩罚，刁难”。因此，当美国人说"I'll make it hot for him."时，他/她要表达的意思就是:"I will punish him."、"I will penalize¹ him."、"I'll make trouble for him."。

　　情景对白：

　　Boss: The staff's annual performance appraisal² is coming. So sort all the documents out for me. If someone performs rather badly, I'll make it hot for him.

　　老板：马上就到一年一度的员工绩效评估了，你帮我把需要的资料整理一下。如果有人表现特别差，我就罚他。

　　Benjamin: OK, I am ready to get down to it.

　　本杰明：好的，我这就去着手办这件事。

　　搭配句积累：

　　①He always acts first and reports afterwards.

　　他经常先斩后奏。

　　②We are put to shame by what he did.

　　他做的事真让我们丢脸。

　　③He makes all our efforts in vain.

　　他让我们的努力都白费了。

　　④He is always late for work.

　　他上班经常迟到。

　　单词：

　　penalize vt. 处罚

　　Some of the players may, on occasion, break the rules and be penalized³.

　　这些球员中有些偶尔可能会违规而受罚。

　　Use of the car is penalized by increasing the fares of parking lots.

　　通过提高停车费，变相制裁车辆的使用。

　　Bad teaching is not penalized in a formal way.

　　教学质量低下没有受到正式处罚。

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