Agent
Life insurance agent to would-be client: "Don't let me frighten you into a hasty decision. Sleep on it tonight. If you wake in the morning, give me a call then and let me know."
人壽保險代理對潛在客戶說,“我不會嚇唬你讓你匆忙做決定,你先睡一晚上,如果早上醒來,給我個電話告訴我一聲。”
注:這個人壽保險代理說,“如果你醒來…..”,隱含的意思是“你有可能醒不來”。
President Regan is not your ordinary kind of politician He doesn’t know how to lie, or cheat or steal. He’s always had an agent[代理] for that.
里根總統可不是你們平常說的那種政治家,他不知道怎么去說謊,去欺騙,去偷,他早有代理做那些事兒了。
My agent gets 10 percent of everything I get, except my headaches.
我所有的東西我的代理都要拿0%,我的頭疼除外。
注:一個當紅演員在抱怨他的代理人,意思是他的代理人就知道拿代理費,碰到頭疼的問題也不替他解決。