轻松日记商务职场篇58:不要说上司或同事的坏话

 　　核心句型：

　　Don't bad-mouth your boss or any of your co-workers.

　　不要说上司或者同事的坏话。

　　bad-mouth直译过来就是：“坏嘴巴”，这个词的正确意思是：“说某人的坏话”。因此，当美国人说"Don't bad-mouth your boss or any of your co-workers."时，他/她要表达的意思就是:"Don't speak ill of your boss or any of your colleagues."、"Don't slander¹ your boss or colleagues."。

　　情景对白：

　　Shirley: I'm really fed up with Linda. She is so inflexible² and stubborn.

　　雪莉：我受够琳达了，她办事拘泥固执、不知变通。

　　Jane: Sweetie, don't bad-mouth your boss or any of your co-workers. Be careful! Walls have ears!

　　简：亲爱的，不要讲上司和同事的坏话，当心点，隔墙有耳！

　　搭配句积累：

　　①You may be punished without your awarness.

　　可能你不知不觉中就会受到惩罚。

　　②This is one of the skills to survive the workplace.

　　这是职场生存技能之一。

　　③Thank you for your warning. I'll keep it in mind.

　　谢谢你的警告，我会牢记于心的。

　　④Oh, I know. I just can't bear it any more.

　　哦，我知道了。我只是实在无法忍受而已。

　　单词：

　　1. slander vt. 诽谤

　　He has been questioned on suspicion of slandering³ the Prime Minister.

　　他由于涉嫌诽谤首相而受到了盘问。

　　You sit and speak against your brother; you slander your own mother's son.

　　你坐著毁谤你的兄弟，谗毁你亲母的儿子。

　　2. inflexible adj. 顽固的

　　His opponents viewed him as stubborn, dogmatic, and inflexible.

　　他的反对者们认为他固执、教条、僵化。

　　Workers insisted the new system was too inflexible.

　　工人们坚持认为新的制度太死板。

1 slander   

n./v.诽谤，污蔑

参考例句：

• The article is a slander on ordinary working people.那篇文章是对普通劳动大众的诋毁。
• He threatened to go public with the slander.他威胁要把丑闻宣扬出去。

2 inflexible   

adj.不可改变的，不受影响的，不屈服的

参考例句：

• Charles was a man of settled habits and inflexible routine.查尔斯是一个恪守习惯、生活规律不容打乱的人。
• The new plastic is completely inflexible.这种新塑料是完全不可弯曲的。

3 slandering   

[法]口头诽谤行为

参考例句：

• He's a snake in the grass. While pretending to be your friend he was slandering you behind your back. 他是个暗敌， 表面上装作是你的朋友，背地里却在诽谤你。
• He has been questioned on suspicion of slandering the Prime Minister. 他由于涉嫌诽谤首相而受到了盘问。