轻松日记商务职场篇104:真卑鄙

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　　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。

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