輕松日記商務(wù)職場(chǎng)篇第220期:心懷叵測(cè)

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我可沒(méi)那么心懷叵測(cè)。

have an ax to grind 出自本杰明·富蘭克林所寫的一則故事，他年經(jīng)時(shí)在院子里遇到一個(gè)帶有斧頭的陌生人，那人花言巧語(yǔ)哄騙他，讓他轉(zhuǎn)動(dòng)磨石，而那人則在上面磨利自己的斧頭，磨好后沒(méi)有任何表示便走了。這個(gè)俚語(yǔ)現(xiàn)用來(lái)比喻：“表象背后藏有個(gè)人打算，別有用心”。因此，當(dāng)美國(guó)人說(shuō)"I don't have an ax to grind."時(shí)，他/她要表達(dá)的意思就是:"I don't have any evil intentions."、"I don't intend to do any spiteful things."。

情景對(duì)白：
Boss: Someone has leaked the information to our competitor. Is that you?

老板：有人將信息透露給了我們的競(jìng)爭(zhēng)對(duì)手，是你嗎?

Benjamin: I don't have an ax to grind. If I have betrayed you, why do I stay here and cooperate with your investigation?

本杰明：我可沒(méi)那么心懷叵測(cè)。如果我真的背叛了你們，為什么還要留在這里配合你們的調(diào)查?

搭配句積累：
①Why do you want to meet the client by yourself?

你為什么想一個(gè)人去見客戶呢?

②You always bad-mouth me in front of our manager. What do you want?

你總是在經(jīng)理面前說(shuō)我壞話。你想干嗎?

③I hope the boss can bend the rules for my mistake.

我希望老板對(duì)我這次犯的錯(cuò)通融一下。

④You broke into the boss's office. How do you explain that?

你闖進(jìn)了老板的辦公室，這怎么解釋?

單詞：
1. grind vi. 磨

Would you please grind a pound of coffee for me?

請(qǐng)給我磨一磅咖啡好嗎?

We grind up the wheat to make flour.

我們把小麥磨成面粉。

2. spiteful adj. 惡意的

He could be spiteful.

他可能懷有惡意。

He has been a spiteful sort of man.

他是一個(gè)善于懷恨的男人。

3. bend the rules 通融

I would like to bend the rules a little if possible.

如果可能的話，我是愿意通融一下的。

I'll bend the rules for you if you promise to work hard.

如果你保證努力工作，我會(huì)通融一下。