第956期:“开会迟到”be late for the meeting
日期:2022-08-11 10:43

(单词翻译:单击)

Conversation:


A: Where is everyone? We were supposed to start fifteen minutes ago.

大家都去哪儿了?我们本来15分钟前就要开始的。


B: Jo called and said she'd be here in a sec. She said she got tied up with the client.

乔打电话说她一会儿就到,她说被一个客户缠住了。


C: Sorry, I'm late everyone. There was a huge traffic jam on the highway this morning.

大家不好意思,我迟到了。今天早上高速公路那儿发生了一起交通事故。


D: Morning everyone! Were you stuck in traffic as well, Jess? There was a huge Pileup on the highway and traffic was backed up for miles.

大家早上好!杰斯,你也堵车了吗?高速公路那边撞车,交通堵了有几英里。


B: Scott just called and said that he's running late. His last meeting ran over, but he's on his way now.

斯科特刚刚打电话说他晚点到。他上个会议超时了,但是他现在在路上。


A: Guys, this is not acceptable. If I say the meeting starts at ten, the meeting starts at ten. Not ten-oh-one and definitely not ten twenty. All right, let's get started. So the first thing I want to talk about is our..

各位,这真让人无法接受。如果我说会议十点开始,那就必须十点开始,不能10:01,更不能10:20。好了,现在开始。那么我要说的第一件事情是我们的。


E: I'm really sorry everyone. I know I'm late but really, it's not my fault. I was getting a coffee at Starbucks and the line was way too long. I was waiting for twenty minutes to get my coffee.

真的很抱歉,各位,我知道我迟到了,但真的不是我的错。我去星巴克买了杯咖啡,队排的太长太长了,我等了20分钟才拿到咖啡。


be supposed to

(按照规则;传统或预期)应该...(强调客观意义上)


例句:

We are supposed to be quiet during a concert.

我们在听音乐会时应该保持安静。


You are supposed to be home before nine o'clock.

你应该在九点前到家。


get tied up

被...缠住


例句:

Sorry I'm late, honey. I got tied up at the office.

抱歉,我迟到了,亲爱的。我在办公室一直很忙。


I was tied up on the phone all afternoon and didn't get any work done.

我整个下午都在打电话,没有完成任何工作。


I got tied up in traffic on the way here.

我来的路上堵车了。


traffic jam

交通堵塞


a huge/big traffic jam


例句:

We were stuck in a traffic jam.

我们遇上了交通堵塞。


pileup

连环相撞


a huge/serious pileup


例句:

I was driving in my car when I saw the pileup.

我正在开车,看到路上车连环相撞。


in a sec


马上;很快

=in a second


注意和in a minute的细微区别


be running late

迟到



例句:

Jane is running late, she'll be here in ten minutes.

简要迟到了,她十分钟后到。


Traffic is really bad, so I'm running late.

交通真的很糟糕,所以我要迟到了。


I'm running a bit late, so please start without me.

我有点晚了,所以请开始吧。


run over

延长


例句:

My meeting ran over fifteen minutes.

我的会议延长了十五分钟。


stuck in traffic

堵在交通中了


例句:

I got stuck in traffic.

我堵在路上了。


backed up for miles

堵了好几英里


例句:

The traffic is backed up for miles.

交通堵了好几英里。

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