Tricks of the trade 某門生意或職業(yè)的訣竅

　　英語表達(dá) tricks of the trade 意思是“某種生意或職業(yè)的訣竅”，這些竅門是該行業(yè)內(nèi)的專業(yè)人士必須掌握的或者只有他們才知道的專業(yè)知識(shí)。

　　例句

　　It takes a while to learn the tricks of the trade, but once you do you can make a good living as a plumber.

　　I learned the tricks of the trade from my father, so I can take over his business when he retires.

　　請(qǐng)注意

　　這個(gè)表達(dá)也可以用于貶義，來形容商業(yè)行為中不誠(chéng)實(shí)的做法。

　　例句

　　Digitally altering photos is one of the tricks of the magazine business. Their models don’t look like that in real life.

　　The greengrocer always weighs the fruit in a bag. It’s one of the tricks of the trade, it doesn’t make much difference to an individual purchase but over the year it all adds up.