用 “鉛筆 pencil” 寫(xiě)下的字可以用橡皮擦掉。短語(yǔ) “pencil something in” 和 “pencil someone in” 就借用了鉛筆的這個(gè)屬性,它用在已知事情的安排會(huì)發(fā)生改變的情景當(dāng)中,表示 “草定、臨時(shí)安排”。
I’d love to see you for lunch on Friday but I may have to work. Can you pencil me in and I’ll get back to you?
我很想這周五和你一起吃午飯,但我可能得工作。要不先暫時(shí)把我排上,我隨后再給你回復(fù),你看行嗎?
Let’s try to pencil in a date for our holiday – we can always change it later!
我們先試著暫時(shí)定下度假的日子,我們可以之后再改!
We’ve penciled in a few possible dates for our staff training day, but we’ll have to see which is the most convenient for the team!
我們草擬了幾個(gè)開(kāi)展員工培訓(xùn)日的可行日期,但我們需要看看哪一天對(duì)團(tuán)隊(duì)最方便。