办公室里英语行话和常用英语表达

① Water-cooler chat 茶水吧闲聊

This phrase has come to mean anything that people talk about when they happen to meet at the water cooler.

这个短语指代大家在喝水的时候碰到会谈论一些事情。

② Close of play 下班临近

Often shortened to COP in emails and text messages, and also as end of play or EOP, this simply means by the end of the working day.

在邮件和短信里通常会被缩写为COP，也同样可以写作EOP,end of play，它的意思仅仅是下班前。

③ Annual leave 休假

You’ll often find people referring to their summer holiday as their ‘period of annual leave,’ for example, in their out-of-office auto reply email.

你会经常发现人们会提到他们的暑假作为他们的‘休假’，例如，在他们不在办公室的时候回复邮件。

④ Think outside the box 打开思维

This term is used to try and encourage new ideas and a fresh approach to problems.

这个术语被用作试图激励员工想出新办法和一个新方法来解决问题。

⑤ Desk jockey 办公室工作

This is a pun on the term disc jockey, and the chances are you’re being a desk jockey right now.

这是舞曲唱片播放员这个术语的双关用法，现在有机会让你成为坐办公室的人。

⑥ USP 独特卖点

t refers to those successful products that have unique, specific attractions to consumers – so much so that they were willing to switch to it from their brand of choice.

它指代那些成功的，对于客户而言有特点、有独特的吸引力的产品----如此以至于客户希望改变他们的品牌选择。