职场英语流行美语对话:book off (尤指因与雇主未达协议)宣称某日不打算上班
该习语常在英国英语中出现,原来的意思是指"雇员下班时在考勤表上登记",现引申为"因与雇主未达协议便宣称某日不打算上班".
A: Is your factory still in trouble? 你们工厂是否还有麻烦?
B: Yeah. The unions declare that they will book off on May Day if the management doesn't accept their requirements. 是的。工会声称如果资方不满足他们的要求,他们劳动节那天就不上班。
A: What's the management's attitude? 那资方是什么态度?
B: They won't compromise either. 他们也不愿让步。
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单词拓展:和book有关的英语词组及俗语
book of time 历史
book of reference 参考书
examine the books 查账
an account book 账本
an exercise book 练习本
the petrified tree was a book of nature. 树木化石是大自然的历史记录
a sealed book 天书;高深莫测的事
according to an open book 人所共知的事物
at one's books 读书用功
be written in the book of life 【宗教】列入死后获救者名单
bring (sb.) to book 1. 诘问,盘问 2. 法办,判罪
by (the) book 1. 正式地;有根据地,正确地 2. 照章办事地;按照惯例
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