10個體育用詞的商務口語用法

　　Business English is full of idioms that canoften confuse non-native speakers of English. It’s therefore important to coversome of these idioms with clients.

　　商務英語中充滿了讓非母語使用者感到困惑的習語。因此和客戶交流時用到一部分習語很重要。

　　Idioms are often classed under topics likeanimals, food, parts of the body, sports and so on.

　　習語可以按話題分類為動物、食物、身體部位、體育等。

　　In this blog post, I’d like to explore thestrong relationship that exists between sports and business. If you look at thequalities that sports and business share, you’ll begin to see why BusinessEnglish has so many sports and games idioms.

　　本文中，我會探索體育和商務之間的緊密關系。如果你看到體育和商務之間的共同特性，就會明白為什么商務英語中有這么多體育和比賽用語。

　　Both Business and Sportsr require certainskills:

　　商務和體育都要求特定的技能：

　　are competitive

　　充滿競爭

　　need self- confidence

　　需要自信

　　take planning

　　有計劃性

　　use strategies and tactics

　　使用策略和技巧

　　take concentration

　　要求專注

　　teamwork may be important

　　團隊合作很重要

　　Having established their similarities, let’stake a look at ten idioms we use, in what situations and what sport they relateto.

　　清楚了它們的共同點，讓我們來看10個習語在什么情景下使用，和哪種運動相關。

　　1. To keep your cardsclose to your chest – don’t reveal your plans

　　1. To keep yourcards close to your chest——避免透露計劃

　　Ex: I kept my cards close to my chest duringthe negotiation. (Card games)

　　例句：在談判中我藏起了我的底牌。(卡牌游戲)

　　2. Poker-faced – expressionless (comes from the game ofpoker where you must not let your face reveal whether you have a good or badcard)

　　2. Poker-faced——面無表情(來源于撲克游戲中你不能讓你的表情泄露自己牌的好壞)

　　Ex: The clients sat poker-faced all throughmy sales pitch.It was so unnerving.(Poker)

　　例句：在我推銷的整個過程中，客戶們都面無表情地坐著。這令人很不安。(撲克)

　　3. Knocked me for six – surprised and upset me

　　3. Knocked me forsix——驚訝和不安

　　Ex: Jenny has just announced that she’sleaving which has knocked me for six. I really enjoyed working with her. (BallGames)

　　例句：珍妮剛剛說她要辭職了，這讓我十分沮喪。我很喜歡和她一起工作。(球類運動)

　　4. Play the trumpcard/ace – use the advantageespecially when others do not know about it

　　4. Play the trumpcard/ace——在別人不知道的情況下利用自己的優(yōu)勢。

　　Ex: The CEO played his trump card bypromising a dividend payout at the shareholders’ meeting. (Card Game)

　　例句：CEO在股東大會上打出的王牌是保證分紅。(卡牌游戲)

　　5. A whole new ball game – a completely different situation

　　5. A whole new ballgame——完全不同的局面

　　Ex: This is a whole new ball game if we’retalking about expanding the business. (Ball Games)

　　例句：如果我們討論擴展業(yè)務的話，事情就完全不同了。

　　6. To play hard ball – to be so determined to get what youwant that you will use unfair methods to get it.

　　6. To play hardball——下決心達到目的，甚至使用不正當?shù)姆椒ā?/p>

　　Ex: The people here like to play hardballwhich can be very challenging. (Ball Games)

　　例句：這里的人喜歡玩硬的，這很有挑戰(zhàn)性。(球類比賽)

　　7. Don’t pull anypunches – speak in an honestand direct way without being tactful

　　7. Don’t pull anypunches——直接坦誠地說，沒有城府。

　　Ex: The CEO didn’t pull any punches when hetold the board that the company was in trouble. (Boxing)

　　例句：CEO直截了當?shù)馗嬖V董事會說公司處在危難之中。(拳擊)

　　8. Below the belt – an unfair attack (in boxing that is notallowed)

　　8. Below the belt——不正當?shù)墓��?這在拳擊比賽中被禁止)

　　Ex: There was no need to mention my personalproblems to the press. That was below the belt. (Boxing)

　　例句：沒必要向媒體提及我的私人問題。這種攻擊不厚道。

　　9. Throw in the towel– giving up andadmitting defeat

　　9. Throw in thetowel——放棄，承認失敗

　　Ex: I think we need to accept things as theyare and throw in the towel before we lose any more money. (Boxing)

　　例句：我認為我們需要接受現(xiàn)實，在損失更多錢之前放棄。

　　10. Hold all thecards – to be in a strongposition

　　10. Hold all thecards——處于有利的位置

　　Ex: Management found that the trade unionheld all the cards during the pay talks. (Card Games)

　　例句：管理層發(fā)現(xiàn)公會在薪資談判中占優(yōu)勢。

　　A good way to familiarize yourself with othersports idioms is to type in a sport in a search engine and look for examples ofidioms linked to that sport and how they are used in business. Select the onesyou like and are likely to use and try using them with native speakers. Lookout for them in articles and advertisements so that you see these idioms usedin context.

　　熟悉其它體育習語的一個方法就是用搜索引擎查找它們在具體運動中的例子，以及在商務中的用法。選擇幾個你喜歡并且可能用得到的，嘗試在和母語人士交談的時候使用。在廣告和文章里找出他們就能看到這些習語是怎樣在語境中使用的。

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