上级和下级（1 / 2）

lesson 12 上级和下级

the supervisor and the inferior

01 the boss felt free to tick off staff.

老板动辄责骂员工。

词组释义 tick off 责备，列举，简略地描述

02 the manager won the staff's follow by virtue of his leadership.

经理以他的领导才能赢得了全体职员的追随。

语法提要

staff的意思是“全体职员”，是一个集体名词， by virtue of 短语的意思是“以……赢得”。

03 the manager disapproved his proposal.

经理否定了他的方案。

单词释义 disapprove [?d?s??pru:v] vi. 不赞成 vt. 反对，否决

04 the leaders shouldn't ignore the staff's needs and opinions.

领导不应该忽视员工的需求和意见。

单词释义 ignore [?g?n?:(r)] vt. 忽视，不顾

05 i will be out this afternoon and don't call me but the especially important thing.

我下午要出去，没有重要的事不要给我打电话。

注意事项 这句话通常是领导对秘书说的话，这时候秘书可以回答：ok, i got it.