每日習語:call the shots

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    To call the shots也就是作最后決定、下命令。
    例句:
    To be a leader, you should know how to call the shots.
    作為領(lǐng)導,你應該知道怎么做決斷。
    Who calls the shots in your home?
    你們家誰發(fā)號施令?
    To call the shots的原來意思是:軍官下令部隊開槍。但是現(xiàn)在to call the shots已經(jīng)在口語中常常出現(xiàn)。
    請聽一個公司雇員在講他公司里的事:
    "The three partners who own our company are supposed to have equal say in running it. But one of them, old Mister Johns, is the one who calls the shots and tells us what to do."
    他說:“我們公司三個老板在經(jīng)營方面應該是有同樣發(fā)言權(quán)的。但是最后做決定的總是老約翰先生,每次都是由他來告訴我們干什么。”
    有些男人很不喜歡女人當他們的領(lǐng)導,但是有時也無可奈何。下面就是一例:
    "Some men in the office thought no woman could be strong enough to be boss. But a week after Miss Smith took charge, they learned she was going to call the shots and they'd better listen."
    他說:“辦公室里有些男的雇員以為沒有一個女子有足夠的能力來當領(lǐng)導。但是,在史密斯小姐主管工作一個禮拜以后,他們知道她說的話就是命令,因此還是服從她為好?!?BR>