单词 | have a quiet word (with somebody) |
释义 | have a quiet word (with somebody)have a quiet word (with somebody) especially British EnglishBrEPRIVATE/PERSONAL to talk to someone privately when you want to criticize them or tell them about something serious (与某人)私下谈谈 Brian’s just not keeping up with the workload. Can you have a quiet word? 布赖恩真的应付不了那些工作,你能和他私下谈谈吗? Examples from the Corpus have a quiet word (with somebody)• When all they needed to do was lift up the phone and have a quiet word. → have a quiet word (with somebody) at quiet1(4) |
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