辦公室英語常用表達，你懂多少？
下面六個辦公室里的行話，你聽懂了嗎?
�、� Water-cooler chat 茶水吧閑聊
This phrase has come to mean anything that people talk about when they happen to meet at the water cooler.這個短語指代大家在喝水的時候碰到會談論一些事情。
�、� Close of play 下班臨近
Often shortened to COP in emails and text messages, and also as end of play or EOP, this simply means by the end of the working day.在郵件和短信里通常會被縮寫為COP，也同樣可以寫作EOP,end of play，它的意思僅僅是下班前。
�、� Annual leave 休假
You’ll often find people referring to their summer holiday as their ‘period of annual leave,’ for example, in their out-of-office auto reply email.你會經(jīng)常發(fā)現(xiàn)人們會提到他們的暑假作為他們的‘休假’，例如，在他們不在辦公室的`時候回復郵件。
�、� Think outside the box 打開思維
This term is used to try and encourage new ideas and a fresh approach to problems.這個術(shù)語被用作試圖激勵員工想出新辦法和一個新方法來解決問題。
�、� Desk jockey 辦公室工作
This is a pun on the term disc jockey, and the chances are you’re being a desk jockey right now.這是舞曲唱片播放員這個術(shù)語的雙關(guān)用法，現(xiàn)在有機會讓你成為坐辦公室的人。
�、� USP 獨特賣點t refers to those successful products that have unique, specific attractions to consumers – so much so that they were willing to switch to it from their brand of choice.
它指代那些成功的，對于客戶而言有特點、有獨特的吸引力的產(chǎn)品----如此以至于客戶希望改變他們的品牌選擇。
辦公室常用的五個英語表達，你懂多少個呢?
1. (to) play catch up –開始做某件事情有點晚，使你不得不花大力氣去完成它;這并不是指你懶惰!-它更多是指做某事到最后關(guān)頭了，或者你臨近截止日期，盡力追趕的意思。
e.g.“We’re playing catch-up on that commission from France.”我們要盡力追趕法國來的任務。
2. (to) pay a premium–是指你要花費更高的價格購買某物，因為它的質(zhì)量或名聲更好。
e.g.“We’re paying a premium for the plug from X Box, but it’s worth it”我們花了高價的XBox插頭，但是它值這個價。
3. an uphill struggle/battle– 要克服的大的障礙。(如果你處在美國商業(yè)環(huán)境中，你可能更多的聽到的是‘uphill battle’; ‘uphill struggle’在英國是同等的意思)
e.g.“Getting this new construction under budget is an uphill struggle, but we have to make it happen.”在現(xiàn)有預算下做好這個新工程很難，但是我們也要讓其實現(xiàn)。
4. (to) go up market – 把品牌出售給富人/開始去吸引高端市場。
e.g.“We’ve decided to go upmarket and sell our scarves at Liberty/Macy’s/smart department store…”“我們決定去吸引高端市場，在利伯蒂/梅西百貨/時尚百貨商店等賣我們的領(lǐng)帶。”
5. (to) buy into – 支持或同意
e.g. “David in finance says there are pay rises on the way. I’m definitely buying into that!”金融界的大衛(wèi)說價格正在上揚。我完全同意!
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