一分鐘英語 第157期:Put Something on Hold 暫緩某事

Welcome to English in a minute.

歡迎來到《一分鐘英語》欄目！

This is a very common idiom, one you hear often in American English.

這是一個非常常見的習語，你在美語中經常可以聽到。

Put Something on Hold. Let's listen.

暫緩某事。讓我們一起來聽一下。

Hey! How is your job search going? Have you decided where you want to move?

嘿，你的工作找的怎樣了？你決定好去哪兒了麼？

No. I have decided to put my search on hold.

沒有。我已經決定暫緩尋找了。

I decided I had better finish getting my Master's degree at the university before I start looking for a new job.

我覺得最好先在大學中完成我的碩士學位，然後再開始找新工作。

If you put something on hold, it means, you are not going to do it right away.

如果你暫緩某事，意思就是說你不會馬上去做這件事。

You are going to wait before you act.

在你行動之前，你會稍微等一等。

You might Also hear someone say this to you on the phone: Let me put you on hold.

你也可能會在人們打電話時聽到這個習語：請暫時不要掛斷。

This means: Wait, I will get back to you soon.

意思就是：稍等，我馬上回來。

Also, you can put something on hold at a store, and they will keep it for you until you come back to buy it.

你也可以把某些東西暫時放在商店裏，商店會爲你保存，直到你回來。

And that's English in a minute.

以上就是今天的《一分鐘英語》欄目！