加班
work overtime(动词)
overtime work(名词)
例句:
He would work overtime, without pay, to finish a job
他会为了完成工作无偿加班。
You must know our working hours are very long and overtime work is frequent.
你得知道我们的工作时间很长,而且加班是常有的事。
加班费
overtime pay
例句:
He pulls in a lot of overtime pay each month.
他每月挣得不少加班费。
通宵加班
work overnight
例句:
So we had to work overnight for the arrangement of interviews.
因此我们不得不连夜工作以安排面试。
请假
ask for leave 请假
have a day off 休假,休息一天
time off 休假;放假
例句:
If I were to ask for leave, would he agree?
如果我请假,他会答应吗?
You can have a day off after your work there.
那儿的工作结束之后,你可以休一天假。
Her boss, who was very understanding, gave her time off
她的老板很通情达理,准了她的假。
事假 unpaid leave
病假 sick leave
年假 annual leave
下班
go off work 下班
go off可以表示对…不再喜欢,失去兴趣;爆炸;进行;食物变质等多个意思,当时当它跟work连用的时候,可没有了之前的威力,就只是单纯的表示下班。
例句:
The next day,when I was about to go off work,the man came.
第二天下午快到下班的时候,那男人来了
与work有关的俗语
01
all work and no play makes Jack a dull boy
(saying) 只工作不玩耍,聪明的孩子也变傻
这句俗语在美国还是非常流行的,从字面意思就可以理解,当然这里的Jack可不是指代杰克这个人,而是指孩子。强调不能一味的工作,生活中应该也要有点其他的乐趣。
例句:
"All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy" is a popular saying in the United states.
“只学习,不玩耍,孩子会变傻”是美国一句流行的俗语。
02
many hands make light work
(saying) 人多好办事;众人拾柴火焰高
看到这个俗语的时候千万不要以为是很多手做明亮的工作,想想这个画面还蛮渗人的。light work可以表示轻松的工作,hands其实在这里表示的是人。
例句:
Many hands make light work, to coin a phrase.
常言说,人多好办事。
03
the devil makes work for idle hands
(saying) 人闲生是非
从字面意思理解是魔鬼为游手好闲的人工作,这里是指游手好闲的人容易被“魔鬼”驱使,做出一些不好的事情。
例句:
She blamed the crimes on the local jobless teenagers. “The devil makes work for idle hands,” she would say.
她把这些犯罪归咎于当地无业青少年。她总是说,游手好闲者,惹是生非人。