【职场里容易误会的五句话】 5个超实用英语表达

 

 

1. Dirty work - 大家都不愿意的工作，吃力不讨好的苦差事，没回报又不光鲜的工作。

Stop filing and get one of the interns to do that dirty work

 

2. Busywork – 耗时间又无成效的琐碎事情 work that keeps a person busy but has little or no actual value in itself.

We have to put in an eight-hour day, even if we do nothing but busy-work.

我们每天都得工作八小时，尽管除了那些无谓的琐碎杂事外啥也不做。

3. talk shop – （informal） talk about business out of business hour, discuss work when not at work, especially in a way that other people find boring（在工作时间外）谈论自己的工作；搞得旁边的人很烦

 

4. hold (keep)  one’s end up/ hold up one’s end – perform your part adequately; 负起你那份责任, 做好你分内的事

The work is demanding, but he's able to hold his end up.