名人教你讲英文:虚应故事
2016-06-03来源:和谐英语
名人教英文:虚应故事
to go through the motions
虚应故事
yorick: how did your job interview go?
约里克:你求职面试的情况怎样?
pina: it went really well and i think i was the best candidate. but guess what.
皮纳:一切都很好,我应是求职者之中最优秀的,但结果你不会猜得到。
yorick: well, if you were the best, you must have got the job.
约里克:嗯,假如你是最优秀的,那就一定获得聘用。
pina: that's what you would have thought. but i found out later that it went to the son of the boss's best friend.
皮纳:你当然会这样想,但我后来发觉,获聘者是那公司老板最好朋友的儿子。
yorick: so the interview was a sham.
约里克:然则那面试是假的。
pina: yes, they were just going through the motions.
皮纳:不错,他们只是虚应故事。
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