'Assuming you're right,' he said, 'there's not much I can do about it, is there?'...“就算你是对的，”他说，“这件事也没什么我可以做的，不是吗？”Even assuming this to be in principle possible, it will not be achieved soo...
He has been slaving in the garden for hours.他在花园里干了数小时.He stares at the hundreds of workers slaving away in the intense sun.他凝视着在炎炎烈日下辛苦劳作的几百名工人。When you're busy all day the last thing you want to do is spend hours ...
The company has had to make redundancy payments of £472 million.该公司不得不为裁员支付4.72亿英镑的补偿款。The term "early retirement" is nearly always a euphemism for redundancy nowadays.现在“提前退休”几乎就是裁员的委婉说法。You can hedge against redundancy...