banker's hours 安逸舒适的工作

时间:2013-03-19 03:27:59

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Banker是银行家。三十多年前银行开门营业的时间特别短,从早上十点到下午两、三点就结束了,所以银行家的上班时间每天只有四、五个小时,于是人们就开始流行用banker's hours这个说法来特指安逸舒适的工作了。如今的银行为了在激烈的竞争中生存,也不得不延长每天的营业时间。但是banker's hours这个说法如今却仍然流行。
 
例句: 
 
Joe, come on and get out of bed! You won't be working banker's hours, you know--you've got1 to be there bright and early at seven am, ready to pump2 gas3 for the customers5.
 
乔,快起床!要知道你干的活儿可没那么轻松。每天一早七点你就得精神饱满地在那儿给顾客加油了。
 
I'm sure most congressmen work as4 hard as I do. But this guy6 likes to keep banker's hours: he gets there at noon7, eats lunch, sees a few8 people, and goes home at four or five PM.
 
我确信大多数议员都像我一样努力工作,但是那家伙却轻松得很:他中午才到办公室,来了吃了午饭,跟几个人会会面,然后四、五点钟就回家了。
 
这里的banker's hours还是指既短又舒服的上班时间。

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1 got wfuxi     
v.(get的过去式)得到,猜到,明白
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2 pump Z0Dz4     
n.抽水机,打气筒;v.抽水,打气,盘问
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3 gas 7fWzL     
n.煤气,气体,汽油;vt.毒(死),加油
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4 as pNiyL     
conj.按照;如同
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5 customers 4b6f7d34a58ba399f077685951d06738     
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6 guy 2egxj     
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7 noon qHSxj     
n.中午,正午;最高点;全盛期
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adj.很少的,不多的,少数的;int.少数的
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