100个常用商务短语动词举例~
1. Aim for – to make it a goal or target.
目标-使之成为目标或目标。
You need to aim for four more clients this month.
这个月你需要争取另外四个客户。
2. Ask around – to ask multiple people to find the answer to something.
四处询问——让多个人找到某件事情的答案。
Tim, could you please ask around and find out what causing this problem?
蒂姆,你能四处问问是什么引起这个问题吗?
3. Back up #1 – To make a copy of something to protect against loss.
备份1–复制一些东西以防丢失。
Please make sure to back up all your work each day on the company’s server.
请确保每天在公司服务器上备份所有工作。
4. Back up #2 – To talk about an earlier point in a conversation.
倒退2–谈论谈话的前一点。
Let’s back up for a minute. You said earlier that the customer couldn’t log in?
让我们往前一分钟。你刚才说客户不能登录?
5. Bail out – to save from, or pull out of, failure/loss. (most often using money).
纾困——从失败/损失中拯救或撤出。(最常用的是用钱)。
In 2008-2009, the US government had to bail out many banks.
2008-2009年,美国政府不得不救助许多银行。
6. Bail out of – to leave quickly when unfinished. (see also: pull out)
跳出-未完成时快速离开。(另请参见:拉出)
We had to bail out of the Sydney deal. We didn’t have the manpower to complete it.
我们不得不从悉尼交易中脱身。我们没有人力来完成。
7. Bank on – to count on something or base plans on expecting it to happen.
指望——指望某事或计划能发生。
The design team at Toyota were banking on the new Escobar line to be a success.
丰田的设计团队指望新的Escobar系列能取得成功。
8. Be snowed under – to have a lot or too much work to do.
被大雪覆盖-有很多或太多的工作要做。
I am snowed under this week. Can we do it next week?
这星期我下雪了。我们下周能做吗?
9. Booked out – when all tickets or spaces are already reserved or taken.
已预订-当所有车票或车位都已预订或占用时。
Our business event is nearly booked out because of ticket pre-orders.
由于预购机票,我们的商务活动几乎被预订一空。
10. Branch out – to start something new that is similar and in addition to what you have been doing.
开拓领域-开始一些新的东西,是相似的,除了你一直在做的。
The electric car company, Tesla, is branching out into the motorcycle industry.
电动汽车公司特斯拉正在向摩托车行业发展。
11. Break down – to make something into smaller parts.
分解-把某物分成更小的部分。
We need to break down our sales process to see where we can improve it.
我们需要打破我们的销售流程,看看我们能在哪里改进它。
12. Break into – to enter a new market (with effort).
打入一个新的市场。
It’s tough to break into the beauty industry right now.
现在很难打入美容行业。
13. Bring forward – to move a deadline or agreed time closer to now.
提前-将最后期限或约定的时间移到现在。
Do you mind if we bring our meeting forward to 3 o’clock?
你介意我们把会议提前到3点吗?
14. Bring off – to successfully achieve something that is difficult to do.
成功地完成一些很难做到的事情。
Tony promised two times more sales this March. Think he can bring it off?
托尼答应今年三月再增加两倍的销售量。你觉得他能成功吗?
15. Bring up – to begin a discussion on a topic.
提出-开始一个话题的讨论。
I would like to bring up the problems we’re facing in our Asian factories.
我想提出我们在亚洲工厂面临的问题。