如果你現(xiàn)在是在一個(gè)說(shuō)英語(yǔ)的公司或者外企工作，那么以下單詞短語(yǔ)會(huì)是你普遍使用的。
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1、Water-cooler chat
茶水吧閑聊
Most offices these days have a water cooler, and this phrase has come to mean anything that people talk about when they happen to meet at the water cooler.
現(xiàn)在許多公司都有飲水機(jī)，這個(gè)短語(yǔ)的意思是，大家在喝水的時(shí)候碰到會(huì)談?wù)撘恍┦虑椤?br />
This tends to refer to gossip or trivial things like discussing what happened in the soap opera that was on last night.
這會(huì)涉及到一些閑聊或者瑣碎的事情，像討論前天晚上肥皂劇的劇情是怎么發(fā)展的。
2、Close of play
臨近下班
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.
在郵件和短信里通常會(huì)被縮寫為COP，也同樣可以寫作EOP,end of play，它的意思僅僅是下班前。
3、Hard copy
打印稿
More and more of our work documents are created and shared online without the need for printing, which is better for the environment as well as saving us time and effort.
我們?cè)絹?lái)越多的工作文件沒有必要打印，在網(wǎng)上直接寫出來(lái)同大家一起分享，這種環(huán)境會(huì)更好，也會(huì)節(jié)約我們的時(shí)間和努力。
But sometimes real, physical documents are required. When someone wants a physical print out of a document rather than an electronic copy, they will ask for a hard copy。
但是有些時(shí)候真的，一些物理文檔是需要紙質(zhì)版的。當(dāng)有人想要紙質(zhì)文件而不是電子版的文時(shí)件，他們會(huì)要一個(gè)打印稿。
4、Think outside the box
打開思維
No one knows what the box is, or what’s inside it, but bosses seem to like it when workers are outside it.
沒有人知道這個(gè)盒子的范圍是什么，或者里面裝有什么，但是老板們似乎喜歡員工們都在外面。
If someone at your work asks you to think outside the box it means they don’t want you to limit your thinking.
如果有人在你的工作范圍要求你去打開思維想想外在的方面，這意味著他們不想限制你的思維想讓你開發(fā)空間。
They want creativity, and ideas, and thinking outside the mainstream. This term is used to try and encourage new ideas and a fresh approach to problems.
他們想要的是創(chuàng)新，好點(diǎn)子和想到市場(chǎng)的主流。這個(gè)術(shù)語(yǔ)被用作試圖激勵(lì)員工想出新辦法和一個(gè)新方法來(lái)解決問(wèn)題。
5、Desk jockey
辦公室工作
This is a pun on the term disc jockey, and the chances are you’re being a desk jockey right now.
這是舞曲唱片播放員這個(gè)術(shù)語(yǔ)的雙關(guān)用法，現(xiàn)在有機(jī)會(huì)讓你成為坐辦公室的人。
Instead of spinning lots of records, you might be on your laptop checking emails, reading this article, while you’re eating a pasta salad or drinking a coffee from your work’s canteen.
而不是旋轉(zhuǎn)很多的唱片，你可能在用筆記本電腦查看郵件，閱讀文檔，與此同時(shí)你在工作餐廳里面在吃通心粉沙拉或者喝咖啡。
Ringing phones, beeping pagers, overflowing inboxes – they’re all the tools of the desk jockey.
手機(jī)響，電話響，郵箱郵件滿----他們都是在辦公室工作的工具。
6、USP
獨(dú)特賣點(diǎn)
This stands for Unique Selling Point or Unique Selling Proposition. It’s used a lot in the marketing sector and was introduced as office-speak way back in the 1940s.
USP代表的是獨(dú)特的賣點(diǎn)或者獨(dú)特的銷售主張。在市場(chǎng)部分用的很多，被引用到辦公室會(huì)話還要回溯到1940年。
It 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，對(duì)于客戶而言有特點(diǎn)、有獨(dú)特的吸引力的產(chǎn)品----如此以至于客戶希望改變他們的品牌選擇。
