B: No, what? 不知道，什么呀？
A: We asked for a pay increase of 5% across the board yesterday. 昨天我们要求全部加薪5%。
B: Did the boss agree with you? 老板同意了？
A: No. He said they’d discuss it at the board meeting. 没有。他说要在董事会上讨论。
B: That’s just an alibi. 那是他的借口。
14. add up to 合计达；总括起来意味着
此语本义指“合计为”，在日常生活中多用喻义，即“总括起来意味着”。有时为了进一步强调，亦作all add up to。在使用中应注意与“add up”一词的区别。“add up”本指“把 … 加起来”，如：add up a column of figures（把一栏数字加起来）；其喻义为“言之有理，说得通”，如：The facts just don’t add up.（这些事情合计起来不对头。）
A: The cashier said he had locked the safe before he left. 出纳说他走时把保险柜锁上了。
B: But how did the money disappear from it if it was locked? 如果锁上了那钱怎么没的？
A: I just wonder … 我只是奇怪 …
B: What do you think it all adds up to? 你想这一切意味着什么？
A: It adds up to the fact that we have been cheated. 意味着我们被骗了。
15. agree to differ 求同存异
agree to differ指的是“各自保留不同意见（不再说服对方）”，意即“求同存异”。
A: What do you mean? 你是什么意思？
B: Considering the major contracts they might give us, I overlooked the small loss. 考虑到他们可能与我们签订大宗合同，小小的损失我就忽略不计了。
A: So you agreed to differ? 所以你就求同存异？
B: That’s right. 没错。
16.all told 合计；总之
此语原义为“总计，合计”，引申为“总之”。如：All told，it was a great credit to them.（总之，这给他们大大增了光。）此语同in all同义。
A: How many people attended today’s meeting? 有多少人参加了今天的会议？
B: There were seventeen of us at the meeting, all told. 一共有十七个人。
A: Issue an announcement that if somebody doesn’t attend meeting next time, his or her bonus will be deducted. 发布一则通知，就说如果有人下一次不参加会议，他或她的奖金全扣。
B: Yes. 好的。
17.all wet 搞错了
wet原义为“湿的”，干活常把手弄湿，指某人“没经验的”。该习语多见于美国俚语，意为“大错特错，胡说，瞎扯”。
A: I made a reservation two days ago. My name is David Johnson. 我前天在这儿预订了房间，我叫戴维约翰逊。
B: Reservation? What do you mean? 预定？什么意思？
A: I booked a single room here for tonight. 我定了一间今晚的单人房。
B: Oh! You’re all wet, actually. This is not a hotel. The hotel is the building across the road. 哦，你搞错了。这不是旅馆，旅馆是路对过的那做楼。
18.an easy digging 轻而易举的事
dig做动词时有“集中精力于… 的意思”，往往用来指工作、学习。An easy digging指“学习轻松”，引申为“事情轻而易举”。
A: Do you think we can nurse our business back to life? 你说我们能让生意起死回生吗？
B: It’s not an easy digging. We’ll have to rack our brain and think of some effective measures. 这可不是件容易事。我们得绞尽脑汁想出一些行之有效的办法。
A: I seem to be at the end of my wits. I have got lost and don’t know where I’m going. 我可是黔驴技穷了。我有点茫然，不知道该干什么才好。
B: Never say die. The darkest hour is the nearest dawn. 别这么说，现在只是黎明前的黑暗。
19.any more 不再
此语用于否定句中，构成not … any more“不再”，与之同义的短语为not … any longer。与肯定句中的no more和no longer同义。区别在于not any longer和no longer都口语化。
A: I can’t take the job any longer. 我不能再干这份工作了。
B: If you need the money, you’ll just have to grin and bear it. 如果要想挣钱的话，你就得含笑忍辱。
A: I’d rather starve than suffer the torture of the beast! 我宁愿饿死也不受这份罪。
B: Don’t be childish and capricious. You want to change the world? No way, it is just the world that will change you. 别幼稚任性了。你想改变这个世界？决不可能的。只能是这世界改变你。
A: My God! The school life is really simple and free. But now I have it no more. 天呀！还是校园生活简单自由，可我不再拥有它了。 |
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