新词学习:办公室的"软面行李箱"
日期:2012-08-22 15:37

(单词翻译:单击)

听到有人抱怨自己工作太忙、活太多的时候,我们可能会用一句“能者多劳”来安慰他们。在英语中,我们管这类人叫做soft-sided luggage(软面行李箱),意思是说他们像这行李箱一样总有空间装更多的东西。

Soft-sided luggage refers to an employee whose talent and multi-tasking abilities allows him or her to take on assignment after assignment. They, like soft-side luggage, seemingly expand to handle the workload. Of course, they completely collapse on weekends.
“软面行李箱”指才能出众、能同时处理多项任务的员工通常会接手一个又一个任务,就像软面行李箱一样可以拓展出空间来装更多的东西。当然,这些人一到周末基本都累昏过去了。
For example:
Jenny is like a soft-sided luggage in the office. She is taking most of the assignments and can always handle them properly.
珍妮就像办公室里的软面行李箱一样,大部分的工作任务都由她接手,而且她都能处理好。

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重点单词
  • expandv. 增加,详述,扩展,使 ... 膨胀, vi. (谈
  • assignmentn. 分配,功课,任务,被指定的(课外)作业;(分派的)
  • handlen. 柄,把手 v. 买卖,处理,操作,驾驭
  • employeen. 雇员
  • collapsen. 崩溃,倒塌,暴跌 v. 倒塌,崩溃,瓦解,折叠
  • luggagen. 行李