轻松日记商务职场篇第233期:惹火

核心句型：
The manager pushed my buttons many times.

经理惹火我好多次了。

push one's button 直译过来就是：“按下某人的按钮”，button也是“下巴”的俗称，是非正式用法。按住或攻击某人的下巴，自然会让对方不满和生气，所以这个短语的正确意思是：“惹火某人，激怒某人”。因此，当美国人说"The manager pushed my buttons many times."时，他/她要表达的意思就是:"The manager has made me angry many times."、"The manager has waved a red flag infront of me many times."。

情景对白：
May: Oh, darling, are you sure that you are going to quit?

阿美：哦，亲爱的，你确定要把工作辞了?

Gucci: Yeah, the manager pushed my buttons many times. I can't bear it any more.

古奇：是的，经理惹火我好多次了，我再也受不了了。

搭配句积累：
①I don't want to work for him for even a moment.

我现在一刻也不想再替他办事儿了。

②I don't want to see his face again.

我再也不想见到他了。

③I'm fed up, and I wish to leave as soon as possible.

我受够了，就想尽早离开。

④Now, I'm leaving and I won't butter him up.

现在我不干了，我再也不用看他脸色行事了。

单词：
1. wave a red flag 做使某人生气的事

The mere mention of his hated cousins name was like waving a red flag in front of him.

只要一提他那个讨厌的表兄的名字，他就生气。

A friend you have had disagreements with may wave the red flag.

一个曾和你有分歧的朋友会对你怒发冲冠。

2. butter vt. 讨好

The bank has to butter up investors because it is in a fiercely competitive market.

由于市场竞争激烈，银行不得不去讨好投资者。

I tried buttering her up. 'I've always admired people with these sorts of talents.'

我拼命奉承她：“我一直钦佩有如此才能的人。”

He began to butter up the director in hope of being given a better job

他开始奉承主任，希望得到一份更好的工作。