聽到有人抱怨自己工作太忙、活太多的時候,我們可能會用一句“能者多勞”來安慰他們。在英語中,我們管這類人叫做soft-sided luggage(軟面行李箱),意思是說他們像這行李箱一樣總有空間裝更多的東西。
Soft-sided luggage refers to an employee whose talent and multi-tasking abilities allows him or her to take on assignment after assignment. They, like soft-side luggage, seemingly expand to handle the workload. Of course, they completely collapse on weekends.
“軟面行李箱”指才能出眾、能同時處理多項任務的員工通常會接手一個又一個任務,就像軟面行李箱一樣可以拓展出空間來裝更多的東西。當然,這些人一到周末基本都累昏過去了。
For example:
Jenny is like a soft-sided luggage in the office. She is taking most of the assignments and can always handle them properly.
珍妮就像辦公室里的軟面行李箱一樣,大部分的工作任務都由她接手,而且她都能處理好。
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