今日短語
用 “鉛筆 pencil” 寫下的字可以用橡皮擦掉。短語 “pencil something in” 和 “pencil someone in” 就借用了鉛筆的這個屬性,用來表示在知道安排可能會發(fā)生改變的情景中,“暫定一件事情或暫時敲定約見一個人”。
例句
I’d love to see you for lunch on Friday but I may have to work. Can you pencil me in and I’ll get back to you?
我非常想在這周五和你一起吃午飯,但到時候我可能得工作。要不咱們先約上,我隨后再給你確切回復(fù),行嗎?
Let’s try to pencil in a date for our holiday – we can always change it later!
我們先來暫時定一個度假的日期,以后是可以再改的!
We’ve penciled in a few possible dates for our staff training day, but we’ll have to see which is the most convenient for the team!
我們暫定了幾個可能開展員工培訓(xùn)日的日期,但需要看看哪一天對團隊來說最方便。