个人职场英文（1）
本篇为个人在外企工作期间接触的英文，来源来自于老外邮件， 视频会议，业务培训。里面的一些例句来源于网络。 通过公众号文章做个记录存档并分享给有用的朋友们。后续有更多会陆续更新和共享。【backlog】 积压未完成的..A huge backlog of work had built up.一大堆工作积压了起来。After her summer vacation,she has got a huge backlog of work to do.暑假休假以后，她手头有许多积压的工作要做。It will take a month to clear the backlog of work.要花一个月的时间才能清理完积压的工作。We are faced with a backlog of orders we can't deal with.我们面对一大堆未交付的订单。（在英国指担心订货积压不易脱手，又“无奈”意；在美国指生意兴隆，有“踌躇满志”意）【Touch base with sb】 跟某人碰一下OK, let's close this meeting for now and touch base early next week to see how much progress has been made.好了，会先开到这里。下周初我们再碰一下，看看进展如何。（这里的“再碰一下”意思就是再碰个头简单聊聊这件事）I just wanted to quickly touch base with you. did you get an email from my secretary about the meeting?我就想迅速地跟你碰一下（迅速简单地聊下）， 你有收到我秘书发的关于会议的邮件了吗。【heads-up】提个醒This note is just to give you a heads-up that the new boss will be arriving next week.这个通知是给大家提个醒，新老板下周到。Heads up! The teacher is coming.注意，老师来了。【snitch on sb】向某人告状，告密He snitched on me to the boss.他向老板告了我的状。You little snitch! I'll never tell you anything again!你这个打小报告的家伙。我以后不会再告诉你什么了【empower】赋权，授权This manager should learn to empower his subodinates. so that they can do their work efficiently and be willing to make decision to be best interests of the company.经理们需要学习赋权给它的下属，这样下属能能高效工作，也愿意为公司的利益愿意做出决定。I am empowered [authorized] to deal with this matter.我被授权处理此事。【Seminar】研讨会The seminar will meet once a week for two hours.讨论会每周一次，每次两小时。This procurement strategy seminar was really a complete waste of time.这次采购策略研讨会简直就是在浪费时间。【Leverage】n.杠杆作用。vt撬动..Project Manager needs the abilities to coordinate various internal teams, external partners and leverage all kind resources to achieve the goals on time and on budget.项目经理需要有协调多个不同的内部团队，外部合作伙伴的能力， 须有能力撬动各种资源，准时按照目标完成任务。We need something to leverage this big stone.我们需要个东西来使撬动这块大石头。【facilitate】 促使..We need think about some good digital methods to facilitate data to be shared among different groups.我们需要想一些好的数字化方法来促进数据能在不同组之间共享。Interest can facilitate learning.兴趣能更好的促进学习。【Annotation】注释，注解，标注I wrote annotations in the margin of the book.我在书的边缘作注Some people annotate as they read.有的人一面读书一面做注解【likewise】 同样地Mary must go home now, and Alden likewise.玛丽现在要回家，奥尔登也要回去He lent money, made donations and encouraged others to do likewise.他又借钱又捐款捐物，并且鼓励别人也这样做。Likewise for the majority of people, it is not a good time.同样对于大多数人来说，那并不是一个美好的时代。【reference value】参考价值This design offers a certain reference value for the likewise products.该设计对同类产品具有一定的参考价值。Historical PO execution data can provide certain extent of reference value to your new project.历史订单执行数据能给你的新项目提供一定参考价值【Trade-off】折中when facing current situation, PM has to do a trade-off between quality and cost.遇到当前情况，项目经理不得不在质量和成本之间做个折中。There is always a trade-off between ease of use and security.易用性与安全性总是存在某种权衡关系。【With that been said】根据这个所说，根据这个说法， 有了这个说法，With that being said, the order is still on track to meet our deadline.根据这个说法，订单目前还是正常的能满足我的截止日期要求【Time-Cosuming】花时间的，耗时的Actually, its not that much time-consuming.事实上，它没那么耗时间。This piece of work is rather time-consuming.这项工作很费时。【Gradual Process】渐进的过程。It is a kind of gradual process, needs some patience.这是一个渐进的过程，需要一些耐心。【demanding】要求高/多dealing with vendor is much more demanding than you expected.和供应商打交道要求高的超出了你的预期！your superior is always very demanding to all his surbodinates.你的上司对他所有的下属要求都特别高！【in the interim】在此期间There is nothing we can do in the interrim.在此期间，我们什么也做不了。点个在看你最好看