Category: English

I have your back.

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台語的嚕，英文怎麼說。

最近專案經理常在講socialize. 是說客戶要求我們做的功能，我們推回去，但用比較委婉的方法。

We will socialize with customer (to not implement that function)

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up to scratch是說達到標準。比如說ChatGPT的回答沒有達到你的標準： the response was not exactly what you expected, or, indeed, up to scratch.

scratch golf是比一個人平均可以達到標準桿。18洞的標準桿是72.

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在一篇WSJ的文章(This Department-Store Stocks Has Trounced Apple, Amazon and Tesla)中講到Dillard’s的股價如何在這幾年打敗科技大咖

• Dillard’s是一家百貨公司

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在這篇WSJ講為什麼人們不再喜歡Merlot，它認為電影Sideways對Merlot的負評有很大的影響。

這一句來自酒商Duckhorn講的話: “We took it as a shot across the bow and stepped up our efforts.”

it是指Sideways對Merlot的負評，

a shot across the bow: a statement or gesture intended to frighten someone into changing their course of action.

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在這篇WSJ講為什麼人們不再喜歡Merlot，它認為電影Sideways對Merlot的負評有很大的影響。

After the drubbing Merlot received in the movie “Sideways”….

drubbing: a beating

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在這篇BusinessInsider的文章中講到，2023年的股市有可能不會軟著陸(soft landing), 也不會硬著陸(hard landing), 可能是第三種可能, 不著陸: “In a no-landing scenario, we’re chasing inflation, and it’s a greased pig.”

這greased pig是什麼意思呢？

greased pig是指它很會跑，抓不到。該文是指通膨像是一隻greased pig, 聯準會無法抓到。

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在BusinessInsder讀到這句：The stock market is still deep in the woods.

in the woods不算是哩語或片語，Google找到的都是在樹林裏, 這股市當然不是在樹林裹。in the woods是從out of the woods演變來的。out of the woods是脫離險境。in the woods當然就是還沒脫離險境。

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很多賣房的廣告都會說那房子或社區緊鄰大商圏或大公園之類的。用abutting

East of Elliston Place and abutting the university, Centennial Park is his house. 他的房子緊鄰該大學和千禧公園

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easy on the eyes是指一個東西看起來很愉悅。假如有人跟妳說”You are easy on the eyes”, 應該是說你很好看。

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