迷你对话学地道口语第695期:强迫自己精神饱满做事

 　　Subject: Get on the stick.

　　迷你对话

　　A: Where is the client¹? It is nine now.

　　客户在哪儿？现在九点钟了。

　　B: Gosh! This is the wrong place. We have to leave here now. Get on the stick.

　　天啊！我记错了地方，我们得赶紧离开了。快点。

　　地道表达

　　get on the stick

　　1. 解词释义

　　Get on the stick是一个俚语，它可以用于催促别人“强迫自己快点开始做某事”。其英文解释为：to force yourself to hurry or to start working。

　　2. 拓展例句

　　e.g. If you're going with us, you'd better get on the stick.

　　如果你要跟我们一起去，最好麻利一点。

　　e.g. If you are going to learn Yoga, you'd better get on the stick.

　　如果你要学瑜伽的话,你就好好学。

　　e.g. If I get on the stick I'll finish the report by this evening.

　　如果我效率高的话，我会在今晚完成这份报告。

1 client   

n.委托人，当事人，顾客

参考例句：

• She can't come to the telephone;she's serving a client.她不能来接电话，她正在接待一位顾客。
• The lawyer produced a clever defence of his client.律师机智地为委托人辩护。