Nick和客戶談了一個案子,談了好久,終於要成交了。他問客戶:So, do we have a deal?(那麼,我們達成協議了?)
客戶回答:Sure, put it there.

"Where?"他心想,放在哪兒啊?該不會又要擱置了吧!

1.Put it there.

(X)放在那裡。

(O)一言為定。

別搞錯了,"put it there"是商務口語,有點老派,但還算常見,意思就是「一言為定、來握個手吧」,可以用來指「成交、和解」。

表達慶祝的時候,有時還會講兩次:Put it there, Pal, put it there!(恭喜啊,兄弟!)

這個用法大家也許不那麼熟,多看一個情境例句:$500? OK, it’s a deal. Put it there!(五百塊,一言為定,成交!)

2.I don't want to put you out.

(X)我不想把你趕出去。

(O)我不想給你添麻煩。

Put someone out意思是讓人感到不方便,打擾到某人。是美國人常用的片語,相當於I don't want to bother you./I don't want to cause you any inconvenience.

看一例句:

Would you be put out if we came tomorrow instead of today?(如果我們明天去而不是今天,會對您造成不便嗎?)

3.It was a put-up job.

(X)這是一個搭建的工作。

(O)這是預謀/內定/圈套。

Put up這個片語動詞原來是「搭建」的意思,像搭建一個帳篷。例如:They put up a tent by the fire.(他們在火堆旁搭起了一個帳篷。)

連在一起,put-up job就變成了預謀、設局、圈套。

The whole thing looked like a put-up job.(這整個事情好像是預謀的。)

The hotel looked like a good investment, but it turned out that the whole thing was a put-up job.(這個旅館看上去像是個不錯的投資,但後來發現整件事只是一場騙局。)

4.Put your face on.

(X)帶上面具。

(O)化點妝吧。

Put on我們熟悉的意思是「穿上」,化妝就像幫臉穿了一件衣服一樣,所以put one’s face on,就是化妝。

Hold on, let me put my face on before you take a photo!(等一下!拍照之前我得先上個妝!)

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