BE 619：今天我们火力全开！

这里是商务英语播客，第六百一十九期。

This is the Business English Podcast episode six nineteen.

今天我们可是要放大招了。

We're pulling out the big guns today.

欢迎收听来自All Ears English的商务英语播客。

Welcome to the Business English Podcast from All Ears English.

获取你在全球商务中实现梦想所需的英语技能。

Get the English skills you need to achieve your dreams in global business.

无论是做演示、开会，还是参加办公室派对，这都是真正的商务英语，由你最喜欢的美国主持人Lindsay和Aubrey带来，她们分别来自美国亚利桑那州和科罗拉多州。

For a presentation, a meeting, or your office party, this is Real Business English with your favorite American hosts, Lindsay Ann Aubrey, coming to you from Arizona and Colorado, USA.

英语学习者最大的错误是什么？

The biggest mistake English learners make?

就是以为自己卡住了。

Assuming they're stuck.

他们觉得自己已经到了极限，但其实大多数学习者根本没有达到极限。

They think they've reached their limit, but most learners haven't reached a limit at all.

他们只是把精力放在了不适合当前水平的技能上。

They're simply focusing on the wrong skills for their current level.

所以了解自己的水平很重要。

That's why understanding your level matters.

我们免费的2分钟流利度测试能帮你准确找到自己的位置，以及下一步该提升什么。

Our free two minute fluency quiz helps you identify exactly where you are and what to improve next.

去 allearsenglish.com/fluencyscore 参加我们免费的2分钟测试吧。

Go to allearsenglish.com/fluencyscore to take our free two minute quiz.

网址是 allearsenglish.com/fluencyscore。

That's allearsenglish.com/fluencyscore.

嘿，Lindsay。

Hey, Lindsay.

你今天怎么样？

How are you today?

嘿，Aubrey。

Hey, Aubrey.

挺好的。

Doing pretty good.

你呢？

How are you?

最近怎么样？

What's going on?

我很好。

I'm great.

我有个问题。

I have a question.

如果让你猜的话，你觉得英语里有多少个短语包含“gun”这个词？

If you had to guess, how many phrases do you think in English contain the word gun?

天哪。

Oh my god.

太多了。

So many.

我猜大概三十到四十个吧。

I would have to guess between thirty and forty.

好。

Okay.

你猜得很接近了。

You're very close.

我查了一下，虽然没有一个确切的数字，但我们已经数过一些了。

Had to look it up, and there's not nothing nothing was like, this is the specific we have counted for sure.

但能找到的最接近的答案是46个。

But closest guess we could found is could find is 46.

46个习语和短语，确实不少。

46 idioms and phrases with So, the word yeah, that is a lot.

对吧？

Right?

当然，我们有像“抢先行动”、“处于压力之下”、“坚持己见”这些。

Of course, we've got jump the gun, under the gun, stick to your guns.

我们日常对话里用得特别多。

There's so many that we use in everyday conversations.

今天我们要教一个我们在工作中经常用到的，还有一些意思非常相近的说法。

And today we're going to teach one that we use a lot at work with some other phrases that have a very similar meaning.

有意思的是，这些说法其实跟枪没什么关系，对吧？

And what's tricky is these aren't actually about guns, right?

枪在美国文化里确实很常见。

Guns are very prevalent in American culture.

我们语言里经常出现这个词，但用这些短语和表达的时候，我们想的并不是枪。

We have this word in our language a lot, but when we use these phrases and expressions, we're not thinking about guns.

我们想的是另一个意思。

We're thinking about this other meaning.

对。

Yeah.

尤其是在商务场合，对吧？

Especially in a business context, right?

我是说，我们当然不是真的在想枪，但了解这些习语很重要。

I mean, we're obviously not thinking about guns, but it's important to know these idioms.

我是说，在商务场合，有时候说得随意一点很重要。

I mean, it's important in business to speak a little bit casually at times.

没错。

Exactly.

对吧？

Right?

是的。

Yes.

这其实在最近一期节目里出现过，你当时说到，为了暗示客人该走了，你不得不越来越明显。

This actually came up in a recent episode where you were talking about how you had to escalate how obvious you were being with hints that you were ready for a guest to leave.

然后Michelle说，哦，你这是把大招都使出来了。

And Michelle said, oh, you were pulling out the big guns.

这个表达特别好，我们在工作中经常用。

That's such a great expression and we use it at work.

所以请听到最后，我们会分享那一集，以及你可以在哪里找到这个系列的第二部分。

So stay to the end and we'll share that episode as well as where you can find part two of this series.

这两个都在 All Ears English 上。

Both of those are over on All Ears English.

所以你可以随意按任何顺序听这些内容。

So you can definitely listen to these out of order.

今天我们会分享这些你可以在工作中使用的表达。

And today we'll share these that you can use at work.

好的。

All right.

非常好。

Really good.

那我们开始讲第一个你可以在工作中使用的表达，也就是 Michelle 在播客里说的那个。

So we're gonna start with the first one that you could use at work, which is again what Michelle said on the podcast.

Pull out the big guns 或者 bring out the big guns。

Pull out the big guns or bring out the big guns.

对。

Yep.

两种说法你都会听到。

You'll hear both.

对吧？

Right?

没错。

Exactly.

意思就是使用非常强大的方法、工具或策略来实现目标。

Which means to use very strong methods, tools, or strategies to achieve a goal.

我们在工作中经常这样做。

We do this a lot at work.

我们在工作中经常说这句话。

We say it a lot at work.

是时候拿出杀手锏了，或者说该亮出王牌了。

Time to pull out the big guns or time to bring out the big guns.

你会用不同的方法。

You're going to use different methods.

也许会更努力一点，或者换个方式试试，用上你一直留着的那些招。

Maybe try harder in a way, try something in a different way, something that you've been reserving.

对吧？

Right?

没错。

Exactly.

比如说，他们在谈判时使出了杀手锏，才拿下了这笔交易。

So for example, they brought out the big guns during negotiations to secure the deal.

这可能是一种策略。

So this could be a strategy.

也可能是改变策略。

It could be changing the right.

使出杀手锏的方式有很多种，或者他们可能会请一个特别擅长谈判的人来帮忙。

There's all kinds of things that could be pulling out the big guns, or they might have a person who's especially good at negotiating that they call in.

他们会说，好吧，把王牌亮出来。

They say like, all right, bring out the big guns.

叫杰西卡来。

Call Jessica.

她特别擅长谈判，对吧？

She's especially good at negotiating, right?

对，对，没错。

Yes, yes, exactly.

或者我听说他们为全公司的健康计划提供现金奖励，这就是亮出王牌，对吧？

Or I heard they're offering a cash prize for the company wide health initiative, pulling out the big guns, right?

那意味着现金，对吧？

That means cash, right?

他们拿出的就是钱，因为大多数人喜欢现金，对吧？

Money is what they're pulling out because everyone, most people like cash, right?

没错，对吧？

Exactly, right?

如果他们只是说，哦，我们搞个健康活动，但因为有现金奖励，他们加大了力度，这是另一种说法。

If they're like, oh, we're doing a health initiative just because, but now that there's a cash prize, they're upping is the another way we say that.

他们拿出大招来增加一些动力。

They're pulling out the big guns to give some more motivation.

没错。

Exactly.

没错。

Exactly.

那“重炮”呢？

And what about heavy artillery?

你听过这种说法吗，Aubrey？

Do you ever hear that, Aubrey?

我在网上看到过。

I saw this online.

我不太常用，但我听过。

I don't use this as much, but I have heard it.

它的意思和“拿出重武器”一样，就是说我们要动用重炮了。

It means the same as bringing out the big guns to say we're gonna bring out the heavy artillery.

比如说，面对诉讼时，公司拿出了重炮。

So for example, when facing a lawsuit, the company brought out the heavy artillery.

他们聘请了一组法律专家。

They hired a team of legal experts.

所以这个说法比较少见。

So this is more rare.

你可能会听到。

You might hear it.

如果你知道，你可以用，别人会明白你的意思，但更常见的说法还是“拿出重武器”。

If you know, you can use it, people will know what you mean, but it's definitely more common to say they bring, you know, to bring out the big guns.

有意思。

Interesting.

然后我们还有“全力以赴”这个表达。

And then we have the expression go all out.

有意思。

Interesting.

这个和那个有关联吗？

Is this one linked to Yeah.

这些和我们要教的两个表达意思一样，都是指全力以赴或者拿出看家本领。

These have the same meanings as we're gonna teach two more that mean the same thing as pulling out the big guns or bringing out the big guns.

因为你不想每次都这么说。

Because you don't wanna say that every time.

如果你在聊天时谈到全力以赴、尽最大努力，你不会想一遍又一遍地重复同一个说法。

If you're having a conversation and you're talking about going all out, putting in maximum effort, that's not when you'd want to say over and over and over.

所以我们给你提供几个其他选择。

So we're going to give you a couple of other options here.

是的，我喜欢。

Yes, I love it.

所以再说一遍，为了尽最大努力，我们这次产品发布要全力以赴，确保成功。

So again, yeah, to use the maximum effort, we're going all out on this product launch to make sure it succeeds.

我们尽力了，对吧？

We're trying our best, right?

或者团队在演示时全力以赴，给客户留下了深刻印象。

Or the team went all out to impress the client during the presentation.

所以这意味着，是的，最大努力。

So this means, yeah, maximum effort.

目标真的很重要。

It's the goal is really important.

所以无论你需要做什么来提升一点，你都会全力以赴。

So whatever you need to do to up the game a little bit, you're gonna go all out.

对。

Yeah.

所以也许举个例子，他们带客户去四季酒店吃了一顿高档晚餐，或者点了菜单上最好的香槟。

So maybe for example, they took the client out to a fancy dinner at the Four Seasons or something, ordered the best champagne on the menu.

这些可能是你为了打动客户而做的事情。

These would be things that you might do to impress a client.

当然，我们在日常对话中也会用到这个表达。

And we use this, of course, in everyday conversations as well.

比如我们要开派对、去高档餐厅，或者提高预算、投入更多精力的时候，就可以说，我们要全力以赴。

If we're throwing a party, if we're going to a fancy restaurant, if you are raising the budget or putting in more effort, just be like, we're going all out.

对。

Yeah.

我是说，全力以赴对不同的人来说可能意味着不同的东西。

I mean, going all out could mean different things to different people.

我记得大学时认识一个人，她是个运动型女生，打篮球的。

I remember I knew someone in in college who was so she was kind of like a jock and a basketball player.

她平时特别随意，从来不穿牛仔裤。

She was so casual that she never wore jeans.

对她来说，穿牛仔裤就已经很正式了。

Like, jeans to her were really fancy.

所以每次她穿牛仔裤的时候，大家就会说，哇，你这次真是全力以赴了，为了这个派对、这个活动。

So whenever when she would wear jeans, oh, you're going all out for this, you know, for this party, for this event.

对吧？

Right?

她就是这样，真的

That's how she was, like, really

穿得很正式。

dressed up.

对。

Yeah.

没穿篮球短裤。

Not wearing basketball shorts.

没错。

Exactly.

没错。

Exactly.

确实。

It's true.

这要看情况。

It depends.

每个人的标准都不一样。

What's the different levels for everybody.

对吧？

Right?

餐厅有多高档，或者你为派对花了多少心思。

How fancy the restaurant might be, how much effort you put into a party.

我不是那种特别喜欢布置派对的人。

I'm not one to really like decorate for a party.

所以如果我随便挂几个装饰，我就觉得，哇，我已经很用心了。

So if I throw up a few decorations, I'm like, oh, I went all out.

但有些人，比如我邻居，真的会大张旗鼓，装饰品、气球、小点心、饮料台，样样齐全，我确实达不到那个水平。

Whereas others, have a neighbor who really goes all out like so many decorations and balloons and hors d'oeuvres and drink stations and yeah, I'm I'm not at that level.

对，每个人都不一样，对吧？

Yeah, it's for everyone, right?

我们每个人都在自己的位置上尽最大努力，然后全力以赴是另一个说法。

We're all in our own place doing our very best And then pull out all the stops would be another one.

就是尽一切可能让事情成功。

So to do everything that's possible to make something succeed.

对吧？

Right?

让它成功。

Make it successful.

那这具体会是什么样子呢？

So what would that that look would

比如市场团队为这次活动全力以赴。

like the marketing team pulled out all the stops for the campaign.

对吧？

Right?

所以就像我们说的，这取决于个人和团队，情况会有所不同。

So this, just like we said, this is going to look different depending on the person, the team.

每个人能付出的最大努力，看起来都是不一样的。

Each person, the maximum effort they can put in looks different from the maximum effort another person might put in.

对吧？

Right?

当你全力以赴的时候，那可能看起来会不一样，取决于——

When you pull out all the stops, that might look different depending on the

公司或者队友。

company or the teammate.

没错。

Exactly.

你有没有觉得说英语之后特别累？

Have you ever felt exhausted after speaking English?

不是因为对话很难，而是因为你的大脑在超负荷运转，要翻译、检查语法、找词汇。

Not because the conversation was difficult, but because your brain was working overtime to translate, checking grammar, searching for vocabulary.

但真正的流利其实感觉更轻松。

But true fluency actually feels lighter.

你花在思考英语上的时间少了，更多时间用来和人交流。

You spend less time thinking about English and more time connecting with people.

找出是什么阻碍了你达到你想要的下一个水平。

Find out what's standing between you and that next level that you're looking for.

来做个免费的流利度测试吧，只要两分钟。

Take our free two minute fluency quiz.

访问 allearsenglish.com/fluencyscore。

Go to allearsenglish.com/fluencyscore.

就是 allearsenglish.com/fluencyscore。

That's allearsenglish.com/fluencyscore.

好的，Aubrey。

Okay, Aubrey.

我们来做个角色扮演吧。

Let's break into a role play.

假设我们是同事，正在开一个客户提案策略会议。

So here we're coworkers, and we're in a client pitch strategy meeting.

会议。

Meeting.

高风险。

High stakes.

高

High

风险。

stakes.

好的。

Alright.

这对我们来说是个大客户。

This is a huge client for us.

如果我们拿下这个客户，可能会彻底改变我们在市场上的地位。

If we win this account, it could completely change our position in the market.

我同意。

I agree.

我觉得这次提案我们得全力以赴，拼尽全力。

I think we need to go all out go all out on this pitch.

别用那些标准模板或者重复的幻灯片了。

Let's avoid any standard templates or recycled slides.

所有内容都要专门为他们量身定制。

Everything should be tailored specifically to them.

没错。

Exactly.

我们要不惜一切代价，定制演示、升级视觉效果，甚至可以做产品现场演示。

Let's pull out all the stops, custom demo, upgraded visuals, maybe even a live walkthrough of the product.

对。

Yes.

说实话，现在可能是时候拿出我们的王牌了。

And honestly, this might be the moment to bring out the big guns.

我们可以请高级策略师和顶级用户体验设计师来加强提案。

We could bring in our senior strategist and our top UX designer to strengthen the proposal.

我很喜欢这个想法。

I love it.

这应该能清楚地传达出我们对这个客户非常重视。

That should send a clear message that we're serious about this account.

不错。

Nice.

对。

Yeah.

这真是一次很棒的角色扮演。

This is a great role play.

在工作中，当你谈到要加大投入的时候，这种情况经常发生。

This happens a lot at work when you are talking about upping the stakes like that.

对吧？

Right?

我们怎么做才能让客户真正感受到我们付出了最大的努力呢？

What can we do to really show a client that we are putting in maximum effort?

太棒了。

Love it.

那么奥布里，那集是什么内容？

So Aubrey, what was the episode?

哦，其实，我们先别急着说，回顾一下我们在角色扮演里说了什么。

Oh, actually, let's go through what Don't we said in the role jump the gun here.

对。

Yeah.

首先，你知道，你说，嗯，我说这是个重要客户，对吧？

First, you know, you said well, I said this is a big client, Right?

我们需要拿下这个客户。

We need to win this client.

你说，我同意。

You said, I agree.

我觉得这次提案我们得全力以赴。

I think we need to go all out on this pitch.

所以你得想尽一切办法拿下这个客户。

So you need to do everything you possibly can to get the business.

对。

Yeah.

然后我在分享我们可能会怎么做。

And I'm sharing, like, what we maybe would do.

可能以前有些演示，你用的是重复的幻灯片，只是换了品牌标识。

There might be previous presentations where you are using recycled slides and just changing the branding.

如果你要全力以赴，你会更针对他们来定制内容。

If you're gonna go all out, you're trying to tailor it more to them.

你会投入更多精力，不管具体是什么形式。

You're trying to put in more effort, whatever that might look like.

没错。

Exactly.

然后我说，没错。

And then I said, exactly.

我们要全力以赴。

Let's pull out all the stops.

再说，这很相似。

Again, very similar.

对吧？

Right?

做好所有的小事、特别的事，定制演示、升级视觉效果。

Doing all the little things, the special things, custom demo, upgraded visuals.

好的。

Okay.

我很好奇这个习语从哪来的，“全力以赴”。

I'm curious where this idiom comes from, pull out all the stops.

就像，我不知道。

It's like I don't know.

想象一下，对。

Imagining Yeah.

如果有什么塞子堵住洞或缝隙，把它们拔出来，就像水坝有塞子一样。

If you have stops would be sort of something that's plugging a hole or a gap and if you pull them out maybe like a dam has stops.

如果你从水坝里拔出什么东西，水就能流出来了。

If you would pull something out of a dam and then the water could go.

我很好奇。

I'm curious.

我们得查查这个说法的来历。

We'd have to look up the the background of that one.

对。

Yeah.

确实得查。

We would have to.

那你说的最后一个是什么？

Then what what did you say is the last one?

我说，说实话，现在可能是拿出大招的时候了。

And I said, honestly, this might be the moment to bring out the big guns.

我说的是那些高级策略师，一些顶尖人物，他们就是我们的王牌。

And I'm talking about some senior strategists, some top people that would be our big guns.

他们不是每次电话会议都参加。

They're not on every call.

他们也不是每次做演示文稿都在场，但也许这次我们得请他们出马。

They're not on every deck creation, but maybe we need to call them for this one.

对。

Yeah.

而且这个短语挺有意思的，'bring out the big guns'。

And it's interesting with this phrase, bring out the big guns.

有时候它可以指资源，但有时候也可以指人。

Sometimes it can apply to, like, resources, but sometimes it can actually be people.

因为你有没有听过'雇佣枪手'这个说法？

Because have you ever heard the expression a hired gun?

你以前听过吗？

Have you heard that before?

比如说，你请一个承包商，一个雇佣枪手，就是那种特别特别有才华的人。

Like, you bring in a contractor, a hired gun, like someone who's just like a really, really talented.

他们就是在请一个雇佣枪手。

They're bringing in a hired gun

就像你说的，在谈判的时候。

for Like this you said, the negotiation.

所以我们是在请出大人物，对吧？

So we're bringing in the big guns, right?

雇佣枪手就是那种专家，或者是你咨询的某个人。

A hired gun would be like that expert or maybe a someone you're consulting with someone.

对吧？

Right?

你请了某个人来。

You're bringing someone.

对。

Yeah.

对。

Yeah.

没错。

Exactly.

但那个更具体是指一个人。

But that's more specifically about a person.

我觉得“出动大人物”可能是指某个特别的人要来。

Bringing out the big guns, I think, could be a person is coming, a special person.

或者也可能是，我们以特别的方式动用资源。

Or it could be, again we're using our resources in a special way.

没错。

Exactly.

对。

Right.

两种情况都有可能。

It could be either.

有意思。

Interesting.

不过，确实，这三种说法都能用非常不同且有趣的方式来表达你在全力以赴。

But yeah with all three of these you have three very different and interesting ways to share that you are just putting in maximum effort.

对。

Yeah.

而且我们总是想做到最好，对吧？

And we always want to do our best, right?

那么，Aubrey，是哪一集启发了这一集呢？

So Aubrey, what was the episode that inspired this one?

你觉得呢？

Would you say?

好的。

Alright.

是在All Ears English的第2601集。

So it was over on All Ears English episode 2,601.

我很高兴我们做了这期关于巧妙结束聚会的节目。

I'm so glad we did this subtle ways to end a gathering.

那是在那一集里，Michelle用了这个短语。

So that was where Michelle used this phrase.

很自然，对吧？

Naturally, right?

如果你错过了那一集，我们真的很想推荐你去听一下。

And we definitely wanna point you to that if you missed it.

不过这个系列的第二部分会在All Ears English播客上播出，讲的是带“gun”这个词的习语。

But also part two of this series will be over on the All Ears English Podcast with idioms that have the word gun.

我们在英语里用得特别多。

We use it so much in English.

所以一定要关注All Ears English。

So be sure to follow All Ears English.

如果你错过了第一集，去看看吧，这样就不会错过第二集了。

If you missed that first episode, go check it out and so that you don't miss part two.

对，各位。

Yeah, guys.

别错过了。

Don't miss it.

而且要知道，今天的节目里我们稍微提到了跟枪有关的表达，在All Ears English的第二部分我们会讲得更深入。

And know, today's episode, we talked touched on guns a little bit, and we do in more so in part two of this series over on All Ears English.

但全力以赴去达成某件事这个想法，我觉得这才是今天的主题。

But this idea of putting in your very best to achieve something, that's I think that's really the theme here.

对吧？

Right?

把所有事情都做了，全力以赴，使出浑身解数。

Doing all the things, going all out, putting out all the pulling out all the stops.

表达出你已经尽力了很重要，尤其是当你真的付出了额外的努力。

Is important to express that you've done this, especially when you you really have put in that extra effort.

这件事对你来说很重要。

The thing matters to you.

重要的是要让你的团队和同事看到你做了什么。

It's important to show your team and the people at work what you've done.

完全同意。

Absolutely.

这也是晋升的关键，对吧？

Which is always key to promotions as well, right?

如果没人知道你在全力以赴，为所有项目拼尽全力，那进步从哪儿来呢，对吧？

If no one knows that you're putting in maximum effort, that you're pulling out all the stops for all of these projects, then where's the progress going to come, right?

你得确保表达出来，让大家知道你在关键时刻是主力。

You need to make sure to express this, let people know when you are the big guns.

说得好。

That's a good point.

善于利用资源在任何工作场所都是非常重要的技能。

When you're using your resources well is a really important skill in any workplace.

所以，表现出你足够在乎，善于利用资源去找到资源，这非常重要。

So to show that you care enough to use your resources well to find the resources is huge.

对吧？

Right?

嗯，从这方面来说的话。

In terms of yeah.

对。

Yeah.

好的。

Alright.

说得不错，Aubrey。

Good stuff, Aubrey.

我们很快再见。

We'll see you very soon.

祝你今天剩下的时间过得愉快。

You have a good rest of your day.

好吗？

Alright?

太棒了。

Awesome.

谢谢你，Lindsay。

Thanks, Lindsay.

下次见。

See you guys next time.

再见。

Bye.

谢谢。

Thank you.

再见。

Bye.

感谢收听《商务英语》，这个播客专为追求卓越的全球职场人士打造。

Thank you for listening to Business English, a podcast just for you, the high achieving global professional.

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Don't miss our biggest and best podcast with 8,000,000 monthly downloads.

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Just search for the All Ears English Podcast and hit follow to get four new episode per week on fluency, American culture, grammar, and so much more.

或者点击节目备注中的链接。

Or tap the link in the show notes.

记住，我们相信学习英语重在交流，而不是追求完美。

Remember, we believe in connection, not perfection when it comes to learning English.

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