知识源于沉淀 本文分为五个部分，25个与商务相关的句子及其相应的分析。感谢您的阅读。
We're in the same boat.
我们在同一条船上。
知识点:
be in the same boat 在同一条船上We're investing a lot of money in research and development so we can stay ahead of the curve/pack.
我们在研发上投入了大量资金，所以我们可以保持领先。
知识点:
invest a lot of money in 在…方面投入大量资金research and development 研究和开发; 研发stay ahead of the curve = stay ahead of the pack 保持领先We're back to square one, unfortunately.
不幸的是，我们又回到了起点。
知识点:
be back to square one (因行动失败而)重新开始，重起炉灶The prototype wasn't successful. We he to go back to the drawing board.
原型失败了。我们必须重新开始。
知识点:
he to do sth 不得不做某事go back to the drawing board 重新开始；回到起点I think they got the government contract because of a backroom deal.
我认为他们能得到政府合同是因为这个秘密交易。
知识点:
government contract 政府合同because of 因为a backroom deal 幕后交易
千里之行始于足下。让我们一起努力！
It's important that we do everything by the book.
重要的是我们要按照规则做每一件事。
知识点:
by the book 按规则，依照惯例does everything by the book 照章办事go by the book 循规蹈矩The employees complained about the change in policy, but the supervisor refused to ce in.
尽管员工们对政策的改变不满，但主管仍然拒绝让步。
知识点:
complain about sth 抱怨某事refuse to do sth 拒绝做某事ce in 让步，屈服Apple has cornered the market on MP3 players. They he a large percentage of market share.
苹果垄断了MP3播放器市场。他们占有很大的市场份额。
知识点:
corner the market on sth 垄断某物的市场market share 市场占有率 ; 市场份额He was a diamond in the rough.
他是一颗未经雕琢的钻石。
知识点:
a diamond in the rough 一颗未经琢磨的钻石Bill Gates built Microsoft from the ground up.
比尔·盖茨白手起家创立了微软。
知识点:
from the ground up 从头开始; 完全地，彻底地build sth from the ground up 从头开始建立…learn the business from the ground up 从头学习做生意know sth from the ground up 对某事了解得十分透彻start from scratch 从头开始build sth from scratch 白手起家建立 …
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We need to get the ball rolling on this project.
我们需要开始这个项目。
知识点:
need to do sth 需要做某事get the ball rolling on sth 使某事发生The boss ge Xiaoming a pat on the back for coming up with such a good idea.
老板称赞小明想出了这么好的主意。
知识点:
give a pat on the back 给某人表扬deserve a pat on the back 值得表扬come up with sth 提出；想出such + a/an + adj. + N. 如此，这样一个…We're happy our number of TikTok followers has gone through the roof.
我们很高兴我们在Tik Tok的粉丝数量激增。
知识点:
go through the roof 猛增; 飞涨I agree with John 100%. I think he really hit the nail on the head.
我百分之百同意约翰。我认为他确实击中了要害。
知识点:
agree with 同意某人hit the nail on the head 一针见血；说到点子上了Construction on the new site is in full swing now.
新址的建设现在正全面展开。
知识点:
be in full swing 正在全力进行中
真正学习的人最帅最可爱，没错，屏幕前的你。你已经学了五分之三的内容。
We're not hing a great year, but at least we're in the black. — be in the red
虽然我们这一年过得不好，但至少我们是盈利的。
知识点:
he a great year 业绩不错；丰收年be in the black 盈利be in the read 亏损I like my new position. I'm starting to learn the ropes.
我喜欢我的新职位，我开始熟悉业务。
业务知识点:
start to do sth 开始做某事learn the ropes 学点相关诀窍; 熟悉Winning the lottery is a long shot, but millions of people still buy lottery tickets.
虽然中奖概率极低，但仍有数百万人购买。
知识积累:
win the lottery 中奖buy lottery 买millions of 数百万的a long shot 一件希望渺茫，不太可能成功的事John is more experienced and well respected, so he had the upper hand in the argument.
约翰更有经验，更受尊重，所以他在这场斗争中占有优势。
知识积累:
well respected 很受尊敬的he the upper hand in sth 在…上占有优势I he no idea how many branches they he. Off the top of my head, I'd say about 20.
我不知道他们有多少分支机构。我猜大概有20个。
知识积累:
he no idea …不知道off the top of 's head, 凭既有知识；不假思索地
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I think it's good to do things out in the open because people get suspicious if you do things in secret.
我觉得公开做事挺好的，因为如果你偷偷摸摸做事，别人会怀疑你。
知识积累:
out in the open 公开； 在户外get sth out in the open = be out in the open 打开天窗说亮话；把话挑明了play out in the open 在户外玩耍get suspicious 起疑心in secret 秘密地;暗地里They ge him the pink slip.
他们给他一份解雇通知。
知识积累:
give sth = give sth to sth 给某人某物the pink slip 解雇通知单They were putting the cart before the horse.
他们那时候真是本末倒置。
知识积累:
本末倒置本末倒置
We had to sever ties with several of our suppliers due to late shipments.
由于交货延误，我们不得不中断与几家供应商的关系，结束我们的合作。
知识积累:
he to do sth 不得不做某事serve tie with /sth 与…断绝关系several of 几个due to = owing to 由于late shipment 货物迟交；没能按时发货I was trying to learn English, but I got frustrated and threw in the towel.
我本来打算学英语，但是英语太难了，我很沮丧，最后不得不放弃。
知识积累:
try to do sth 尝试做某事learn English 学英语get frustrated 感到很沮丧throw in the towel 败下阵来；放弃
