Have you thought it through?Work as an assistant is no picnic.
你想明白了嗎?助理的工作可不簡單。
I know.But I would like to challenge myself.
我明白,但是我還是想挑戰一下自己。
How about I go for an assistant position?
我去應聘助理怎么樣?
Well,work as an assistant is no picnic.
嗯,助理的工作可不簡單。
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Work as an assistant is no picnic.
Picnic是“野餐”之意,如go for a picnic就是“去野餐”??谡Z中picnic常作“輕松而愉快的事,愉快的經歷”講,所以be no picnic就是“一點也不輕松”,而be not a picnic意為“不輕松,不容易”,前者的強調意味要強很多。與其相反的表達表示我們都熟悉的:a piece of cake,小菜一碟。當然,我們也可以用常用的It's not an easy job.來表達這份工作不簡單。