職場(chǎng)社交17她整個(gè)人熱力四射
【她整個(gè)人熱力四射】
Elvin: She is, like, 1) mega-intense, isn't she?
艾文： 她整個(gè)人熱力四射，對(duì)吧？
Mary: Ha, she is unstoppable. I'm learning so much from her.
瑪莉： 沒有事情能擋得住她。我跟她學(xué)了好多。
Elvin: What's it like to work with her?
艾文： 跟她共事是啥感覺？
Mary: She's 2) demanding. But I like that. I mean, I know our timeline is tight.
瑪莉： 她的要求很高。但我喜歡那樣。我是說，我知道我們的時(shí)間很緊。
Elvin: Tell me about it.
艾文： 這還用說。
Mary: You guys are working around the clock, I know. That guy Dave next to Zina never leaves.
瑪莉： 我知道你們都在二十四小時(shí)趕工。那個(gè)坐在吉娜隔壁叫戴夫的人從沒離開過。
Elvin: Vince wants us to have everything 3) debugged and ready to go by the end of the month.
艾文： 文斯要我們把程序錯(cuò)誤全部修正，準(zhǔn)備在月底前上線。
語言詳解
A: Your mother is so demanding!
你媽媽的要求真高！
B: That's what my dad always says.
我爸爸也總是這么說。
【around the clock 日以繼夜】
由clock 組成的成語除了around the clock 之外，另有一個(gè)against the clock“趕時(shí)間”。
A: Frank, why does your factory have to work around the clock this month?
佛蘭克，為什么你們工廠這個(gè)月要日以繼夜地趕貨？
B: Well, we have got quite a lot of orders for shipment this quarter.
我們最近收到相當(dāng)多訂單，都要這一季出貨。
A: In other words, you are all working against the clock now.
換句話說，你們現(xiàn)在全都在趕時(shí)間。
B: You're right.
你說對(duì)了。
1) mega-intense intense是指“緊張的、一觸即發(fā)的”，字首(prefix) mega是“非常，相當(dāng)多”的意思，亦指 “百萬的”，如 megabyte“百萬位元組”。
2) demanding (a.) 要求很高的
3) debug (v.) （電腦）除蟲，指修正電腦程序中的錯(cuò)誤。
