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中文原文
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The Japanese visitor was confused by another expression used by American business people. |
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抱歉,暂无中文翻译。 |
It is cut to the chase. |
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抱歉,暂无中文翻译。 |
She heard that expression when she attended an important meeting of one company. |
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抱歉,暂无中文翻译。 |
One official was giving a very long report. |
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抱歉,暂无中文翻译。 |
It was not very interesting. |
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抱歉,暂无中文翻译。 |
In fact, some people at the meeting were falling asleep. |
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抱歉,暂无中文翻译。 |
Finally, the president of the company said, cut to the chase. |
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抱歉,暂无中文翻译。 |
Cut to the chase means to stop spending so much time on details or unimportant material. |
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抱歉,暂无中文翻译。 |
Hurry and get to the good part. |
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抱歉,暂无中文翻译。 |
Naturally, this saying was started by people who make movies. |
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抱歉,暂无中文翻译。 |
Hollywood movie producers believe that most Americans want to see action movies. |
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抱歉,暂无中文翻译。 |
Many of their movies show scenes in which the actors chase each other in cars, or in airplanes or on foot. |
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抱歉,暂无中文翻译。 |
Cut is the director's word for stop. |
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抱歉,暂无中文翻译。 |
The director means to stop filming, leave out some material, and get to the chase scene now. |
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抱歉,暂无中文翻译。 |
So, if your employer tells you to cut to the chase, be sure to get to the main point of your story quickly. |
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抱歉,暂无中文翻译。 |