英語(yǔ)口語(yǔ)練習(xí)小對(duì)話(huà) 第708期:住嘴,住手

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　　迷你對(duì)話(huà)

　　A: Sir, I would not make the same mistake next time. Please give me another chance. Please, please...

　　老板，我下次不再犯同樣的錯(cuò)誤了，請(qǐng)?jiān)俳o我一次機(jī)會(huì)吧。拜托了，拜托了......

　　B: Lay off! You have caused our company so muchloss! You are fired.

　　別再講了!你給我們公司造成了如此大的損失，你被解雇了。

　　地道表達(dá)

　　lay off

　　1. 解詞釋義

　　Lay off這個(gè)短語(yǔ)意思很多，可以表示“解雇”“停止工作”“停止，放棄”等。

　　具體來(lái)說(shuō)，lay off sth.表示“停止用某樣?xùn)|西”或是“停止做某事”。例如：

　　He told the boys to lay off making noises. 他叫那些男孩子別再吵鬧了。

　　Lay off making unkind jokes on me, can't you? I've had enough.別再對(duì)我開(kāi)那些不友好的玩笑了, 行不行? 我受夠了。

　　Lay off sb.表示“不要再煩某人”。例如：

　　Lay off that girl! 別纏著那個(gè)女孩子了。

　　Lay sb. off表示“(因工作不多而)解雇某人”。例如：

　　They did not sell a single car for a month and had to lay off workers. 一個(gè)月來(lái)一輛汽車(chē)都賣(mài)不出去，他們只好裁員。

　　100,000 federal workers will be laid off to reduce the deficit. 10萬(wàn)聯(lián)邦公務(wù)人員將被辭退以減少赤字。

　　在對(duì)話(huà)中，lay off的意思是“住嘴，住手”。其英文解釋為： If you tell someone to lay off, you meanthat they should stop touching or criticizing you or someone else.

　　2. 拓展例句

　　e.g. Lay off, can't you? Can you see he's had enough?

　　別再說(shuō)了, 行不行? 你沒(méi)見(jiàn)他已經(jīng)夠了?

　　You are always speaking ill of your classmates. I wish you would lay off!

　　你總是說(shuō)你同班同學(xué)的壞話(huà)，但愿你別再說(shuō)別人不好了。

　　e.g. He went on attacking her until other passengers arrived and told him to lay off.

　　他不停地打她，直至其他乘客過(guò)來(lái)叫他住手。

　　He went on attacking her until other passengers arrived and told him to lay off.

　　他不停地打她，直至其他乘客過(guò)來(lái)叫他住手。

　　Ps ：make a mistake：犯錯(cuò)誤 give sb a chance：給某人機(jī)會(huì) cause sb loss：造成某人損失