我们讲的英语第176期:Corporate speak 企业用语

重点讲解：
1. blue-sky
adj.新颖而未可行的；不能付诸实行的；
eg. He is one of those who are full of blue-sky ideas.
他是那种脑子里装满不切实际念头的人。
eg. Marketing is more than blue-sky ideas.
市场营销不只是不切实际的无价值思想。
2. push the envelope
挑战限制尺度；突破原有底线；
eg. There's a valuable place for fashion and design that pushes the envelope a bit.
在原有尺度上有所突破的时尚和设计受到人们的重视。
eg. No cinema director had a more profound effect in pushing the envelope of acceptable family entertainment.
在挑战家庭娱乐片的接受程度方面，没有哪个电影导演比他的影响更深远。
3. out of the box
打破思维定式；
eg. Let's brainstorm some ideas here . Consentrate on some new and different solutions. We need to think out of the box.
大家来出出主意吧。有没有什么新的，与以往不同的解决方案。我们要敢想，要有创意。
eg. Think out of the box, you might discover something new.
突破你的思维定式，你或许会发现一些新的东西。
4. step up to the plate
开始行动；采取措施；
eg. Either way, you must step up to the plate quickly and determine your possible solutions so you can make the most sensible choice.
无论哪一种情况，你必须马上采取措施，决定可能的解决方案。
eg. Every time you keep quiet and refuse to step up to the plate, you have one less chance to prove yourself.
每当你保持低调，不肯出面采取行动的时候，你就少了一次证明自己的机会。
5. face the music
承担自己行为的后果；接受批评（或惩罚）；
eg. Sooner or later, I'm going to have to face the music.
迟早我得自己承担后果。
eg. He was caught red-handed and had to face the music.
他被当场逮到，因此必须接受惩罚。