“Well, it's all rather complicated. What we call high finance.”
嗯,這事挺複雜的。就是我們說的資本運作。
用體面的金融詞把薄情說成生意,越一本正經越顯涼薄。
What we call ...
把難堪的事包裝成專業術語時用;對當事人說顯得推脫。
What we call a business decision. / It's what people call market forces.
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rather 輕讀,high finance 兩詞都重讀,語氣裝得很從容。
It's all rather complicated, what we call restructuring. 這事挺複雜的,就是我們說的重組。
