在商務英語中，無論你是準備參加BEC考試或者職業(yè)需要，在表達上大家都要注意專業(yè)性與特殊性。如果能夠自己整理出一些常用的表達方式的話，在BEC考試中也可以去運用出來。下面這些表達方式就是實用性很高，出現頻率也很高的重點商務英語知識。

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　　1) tough break

　　when something unfortunatehappens

　　Tough這個形容詞的意思是“艱難，棘手”，而break做名詞可以當“運氣”講。所以，tough Break指“困苦的處境，惡運”

　　That tough break put an end to my plans!

　　我真是太倒霉了! 后面的所有計劃都泡湯了!

　　2) back to the drawing board

　　to start something over and goback to the planning stage.

　　字面意思是回到制圖板去，實際上它的意思是從頭開始

　　比如說一個公司為了要提高利潤，叫雇員們提出各種建議。但是老板認為這些都行不通， 要大家從頭來。The boss sent them back to the drawing board

　　3) 24/7

　　“24/7” means 24 hours a day,seven days a week.

　　一天24小時，一星期7天的縮寫，即全天候提供服務的意思

　　4) behind the scenes

　　Something that happens in secret or not infront of the general public

　　在幕后

　　It's an exciting opportunity to learn what goes on behind the scenes.

　　可以有機會了解幕后的工作，令人非常興奮。

　　5) change of pace

　　something different from a normal routine or schedule.

　　改變習慣，興趣等，更換口味

　　A change of pace will probably do you good.

　　改變一下生活方式可能會對你有好處

　　6) come up short

　　to try to achieve something butfail.

　　讓人失望

　　Bill always seems to come up short of his parent's expectations.

　　比爾似乎永遠都達不到他父母的期望

　　7) big picture

　　Everything that is involvedwith a particular situation is called “the big picture.”

　　大局，大宏圖

　　Some of these examples come from big-picture trends.

　　這些例證中，有些來自于全局趨勢。

　　(PS：不知道有沒有人看韓綜的，HAHA和金鐘國有一檔超級搞笑的綜藝，名字就叫《Big picture》，順便安利給你們，宇宙無敵巨搞笑)

　　8) fifty-fifty

　　“Fifty-fifty” means something is divided

　　equally

　　平分為二

　　9) ahead of the curve

　　to be more advanced than the competition.

　　占得先機，保持領先

　　The technology firm invests heavily in R&D in order to keep ahead of the curve.

　　這家科技公司在研發(fā)工作上投入巨資以保持領先優(yōu)勢

　　10) by the book

　　to do things according to company policy or the law. It means to followthe rules 100%.

　　按章辦事

　　He showed little initiative, handling all matters strictly by the book.

　　他缺乏首創(chuàng)精神，墨守成規(guī)地辦一切事情

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　　11) back to square one to startsomething over again.

　　問題回到原態(tài)，從頭再來

　　We got a phone call from the lawyers and is was back to square one.

　　我們接到了律師的一個電話，一切又得從頭開始。

　　12) ahead of the pack

　　to be better or more successful than the competition.

　　領先的.出類拔萃

　　At this stage in the campaign, the Democratic candidate is way ahead of the pack.

　　在本次競選活動的現階段，民主黨候選人遙遙領先

　　13) call it a day

　　to decide to stop working for the day.

　　收工

　　A：I'm very tired. We're done too much work today.

　　B：OK，let's call it a day.

　　A：Wonderful.

　　14) ASAP

　　an acronym for “as soon as possible.”

　　15) from the ground up

　　when you start a business, project, or something else from zero

　　從頭開始; 完全地，徹底地

　　All I asked her to do was make a few revisions to the employee handbook. It's not like she has to create the whole thing from the ground up!

　　我只不過是讓她對雇員手冊進行一些修改，又不是要她從頭寫起!

　　16) go broke

　　to go bankrupt or to lose all the money a person or business had.

　　破產

　　The majority of small businesses go broke within the first twenty-four months

　　大多數小企業(yè)在開張后的24個月內就倒閉了

　　17) go down the drain

　　When someonewastes or loses something

　　“泡湯”或者“付諸東流”

　　A single mistake and all that time and money would go down the drain.

　　只要發(fā)生一個錯誤，全部的時間和金錢就將盡付東流

　　18) go the extra mile

　　to do more than what people expect.

　　做比期望的多得多的努力; 做更多，取得更大的成就

　　To do your duty is not enough. You must go the extra mile.

　　只滿足于分內是不夠的，你必須多做一點點。

　　19) go through the roof

　　rapidly increasing.

　　快速增長

　　The unemployment rate went through the roof。

　　失業(yè)率飛漲

　　20) gray area

　　somethingthat is undefined and not easily categorized.

　　灰色地帶，不明確，不清楚的狀態(tài)

　　Transitions aren't easy, so it's important to cut yourself some slack as you move through the gray area.

　　從畢業(yè)生到職場人的轉型并不容易，所以當你穿過這片灰色地帶時，克服自身的懶散非常重要。

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　　21) at stake

　　“At stake” means at risk.

　　處在緊要關頭

　　He Chinese nation has reached a point where its very existence is at stake.

　　中華民族到了這生死存亡的關頭。

　　22) catch someone off guard to surprise someone by doing something that he or she wasnot expecting.

　　令人猝不及防

　　The government's decision to raise the interest rate caught everyone off guard - nobody expected it.

　　政府提升利率的決定令所有人猝不及防 — 沒有人預料到這件事。

　　23) cave (or cave in)

　　to give in or agree tosomething that someone previously did not want to accept.

　　投降，屈服

　　The United States should also be made aware that China will not cave in the face of American protectionism or be led by the nose

　　美國也應該意識到，中國不會屈服于美國的保護主義，也不會被人牽著鼻子走。

　　24) cut corners

　　to take shortcuts and find an easier or cheaper way to do something.

　　抄近路，走捷徑，偷工減料

　　Government officials insist they will not let the utility cut corners on safety.

　　政府官員堅持他們將不會在安全設施上偷工減料。

　　25) cut one’s losses to stop doing something that is unproductive and won’t evergenerate results.

　　從對自己不利的局面里撤出來，以減少損失

　　Sometimes, there's nothing you can do to improve a situation. All you can do is cut your losses and try to find a better situation

　　有時候，如果你根本沒法改變關系，那還不如趁早離開，免得再繼續(xù)受罪

　　26) A blue collar worker

　　someone who works with his hands(manufacturing, construction, maintenance, etc.).

　　藍領工人

　　27) A white-collar worker

　　someone who works in an office (customerservice, management, sales, etc.).

　　白領

　　28) think big

　　to have ambitious goals and bigplans for the future.

　　雄心勃勃(偏非正式)

　　If you want to succeed in business, think big.

　　如果你想在商業(yè)上成功，就要胸懷大志。

　　29) think outside the box to think of creative, unconventional solutions instead ofcommon ones.

　　創(chuàng)造性思考，打破常規(guī)

　　Sometimes you have to think outside the

　　box & and the office.

　　有時候你要跳出固有的思維模式，也要把眼光放在辦公室之外

　　30) uphill battle

　　Something that is difficult toachieve because of obstacles and difficulties

　　苦戰(zhàn); 惡戰(zhàn); 一場硬仗;

　　As it seeks to influence China's rise, the U.S. faces an uphill battle because this new economic reality has a profound effect on the balance of power between the two countries.

　　去影響中國的崛起，美國面臨著一場艱難的戰(zhàn)役，因為新的經濟現實對平衡兩國的力量有著深刻地影響。

　　上面的內容大家記住了多少，如果感覺太多了就拿出本子記下來，之后也要隨時翻看哦!復習是一定要有的，遺忘也不要害怕。如果你正在準備商務英語考試，那么上面這些內容也可以為你帶來幫助，滬江小編希望大家都能高效復習，考出好成績。