7月14日商務英語
2008年07月14日
squabble; too many cooks
??? 今日單詞：
| 單詞 | 中文釋義 | 英文釋義 | 例句 |
| squabble | 爭論（名詞，動詞） | (noun, verb) An argument about trivial concerns (also, to engage in a petty argument) | NOUN EXAMPLE: The business partners had a squabble about who could park his car closest to the front door of their office building. （用作名詞時）生意合伙人為了誰能把車停在離辦公樓前門最近的地方發生了爭吵。 VERB EXAMPLE: The sales representatives used to squabble about who had the best looking clothes. （用作動詞時）銷售代表常常為了誰穿的衣服最好看而爭論。 |
????今日短語：
| 短語 | 中文釋義 | 英文釋義 | 例句 |
| too many cooks | 人多壞事 | First three words of a traditional saying "too many cooks spoil the broth," meaning that having the opinions of too many managers can create bad management decisions (note: "broth" is a clear soup) | EXAMPLE: The new building designed by three famous architects was so ugly that people said it was probably a case of too many cooks. 那三位著名建筑師設計出的新大樓實在難看，人們都說這大概是人多壞事的結果。 |
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