3月22日商務(wù)英語

busy-work

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表面忙碌、實(shí)際無效的工作（名詞，非正式用語）

(noun, INFORMAL) Work that is of little or no value, but only done for the sake of activity or the appearance of activity.

EXAMPLE: After completing all of her important work in the morning, the secretary often occupied herself with meaningless busy-work until the end of the day.

在上午完成了重要工作之后，這位秘書通常忙活些小事，直到下班。

off the rails

失常的，偏離正軌的（成語）

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(IDIOM) Describing a business or project that is out of control and likely to fail. (NOTE: "rails" refers to a railroad track)

EXAMPLE: Because there were no controls over expenses, the new company was off the rails within a few months and investors were quite worried.

由于沒有控制費(fèi)用，新公司沒過幾個(gè)月就偏離了正軌，投資者非常焦慮。