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."
人寿保险代理对潜在客户说,“我不会吓唬你让你匆忙做决定,你先睡一晚上,如果早上醒来,给我个电话告诉我一声。”
注:这个人寿保险代理说,“如果你醒来…..”,隐含的意思是“你有可能醒不来”。
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.
里根总统可不是你们平常说的那种政治家,他不知道怎么去说谎,去欺骗,去偷,他早有代理做那些事儿了。
My agent gets 10 percent of everything I get, except my headaches.
我所有的东西我的代理都要拿0%,我的头疼除外。
注:一个当红演员在抱怨他的代理人,意思是他的代理人就知道拿代理费,碰到头疼的问题也不替他解决。