常用的商务英语短语动词学习 ( 四 )

时间：2019-11-18 14:55:31  作者：Myron

        前两天我们已经学习了一些商务英语的短语动词，让我们对短语动词有了新的认识。今天我们继续学习这些短语动词在商务英语中的不同意思，掌握好这些短语动词，将来对我们的商务英语学习是百利而无一害的。

61. Look up to – to respect and admire.

     尊敬-尊敬和钦佩。

例：I know you look up to Larry like a father, which makes this hard.

    我知道你像父亲一样尊敬拉里，这让事情变得很难。

62. Make up – to compensate for something. (also see: Catch up)

    补偿-补偿某物。（另见：追赶）

例：There’s a lot to do today. The office needs to make up for being closed last week.

    今天有很多事要做。这间办公室需要弥补上星期关门的损失。

63. Measure up – to be at the right level or good enough to do something.

    衡量——处于正确的水平或足够好地做某事。

例：We hired an ex-Apple Marketing Director. I hope he measures up to expectations.

    我们雇了一位前苹果市场总监。我希望他能达到预期。

64. Meet up – to get together.

    相聚——相聚。

例：The department heads are meeting up next week to talk about Larry’s behavior.

    部门主管下周开会讨论拉里的行为。

65. note down – to write something quickly to use again later.

    记下来——快速地写下一些东西以便以后再次使用。

例：Stacy, could you join us and note down the key points to the meeting?

    史黛西，你能和我们一起记下会议的要点吗？

66. Pencil in – To make flexible plans for something that can still change.

   临时安排-为一些仍然可以改变的事情制定灵活的计划。

例：Shall we pencil in next Wednesday at 1 pm for your interview?

   我们下星期三下午一点来面试好吗？

67. Phone up – to call by phone.

   打电话——打电话。

例：Customers have been phoning up with complaints about the new Furby toy.

   顾客们一直打电话投诉新的富比玩具。

68. Pick up – to increase or improve after a period of slow or no results.

   恢复-在一段时间缓慢或没有结果后增加或改善。

例：Business really has really picked up since the month of June.

   六月份以来生意真的很好。

69. Point out – to bring attention to something.

   指出-引起对某事的注意。

例：I need to point out that we have not yet decided on new product’s name yet.

  我需要指出的是，我们还没有决定新产品的名称。

70. Pull out of – to stop doing something. Or, to stop being a part of something.

  退出-停止做某事。或者，停止成为某件事的一部分。

例：Many companies are pulling out of their advertising contracts with YouTube.

  许多公司正退出与youtube的广告合同。

71. Put back –to stall or delay something to a later date (also see: Hold off on)

  推迟——推迟或推迟某物的日期（另见：推迟）

例：The delivery date will be put back by two days because of the hurricane.

  由于飓风的影响，交货期将推迟两天。

72. Put off – to know longer feel positive about something.

   推迟——去了解更多对某事的积极感觉。

例：Many Samsung customers were put off by the Note 7 battery problems.

   许多三星的客户被Note7电池问题耽搁了。

73. Report Back – to return to a boss or superior person with new information found.

   向上司或上级汇报新的信息。

例：It’s part of your job to report back any issues you find within the company’s servers.

   报告在公司服务器中发现的任何问题是您工作的一部分。

74. Rip off – when a product/service is expensive in comparison to its value.

   次品-当产品/服务比它的价值昂贵时。

例：Some say the iPhone 7 is a rip off because little has been changed since the iPhone 6.

   有人说iPhone7是个骗局，因为自iPhone6以来几乎没有什么变化。

75. Run by / past – to check with someone first.

   路过/路过-先和某人确认一下。

例：Shouldn’t we run it by the supervisor, first?

   我们不应该先由主管来处理吗？

76. Run late – when you will not be somewhere at the planned time.

   晚点——你不会在计划的时间出现在某个地方。

例：He is running a little late this morning because of traffic.

   由于交通堵塞，他今天早上有迟到。

77. Run out of – to not have any more of an item.

   用完-不再拥有任何物品。

例：We are about to run out of printing ink, could you order more, please?

   我们的墨水快用完了，请再点一点好吗？

78. Sell off – to sell a part of or a whole business.

   出售-出售部分或全部业务。

例：Nokia plans to sell off its mobile phone department to Samsung.

   诺基亚计划将其手机部门出售给三星。

79. Sell out – to have sold all items of something with nothing left.

   卖完——把某物的所有东西都卖光了。

例：We always sell out of that perfume brand during this time of year.

   在每年的这个时候，我们总是卖掉那个香水品牌。

80. Set up – to arrange/create. Or, to start a new business or a new department of a business

   设置-安排/创建。或者，开办一家新公司或一个新部门

例：Virgin Airways plans to set up offices in Berlin next year.

   维珍航空计划明年在柏林设立办事处。