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Get the sack 是什么意思?被解雇,冠词不能换成 a

Get the sack 表示被公司解雇,属于英式口语。换成 get a sack 就像拿到一个袋子;自己辞职则要用 quit。

Get the sack 表示被解雇,暗示决定由雇主作出,通常因为行为不当或工作表现不好。这个习语偏英式,也比较口语。要说谁解雇了某人,可以用 give someone the sack,或直接用 sack someone。

什么情境适合说 get the sack?

练习在对话中灵活使用英语词汇

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get the sack + for + noun/-ing; give someone the sack; be sacked

  • If you keep coming in late, you'll get the sack.
  • He got the sack for posting rude comments about his clients online.
  • The restaurant owner gave two waiters the sack after the health inspection.

修改原因

修改前If Tom misses another deadline, he'll get a sack.

修改后If Tom misses another deadline, he'll get the sack.

使用 a 时,句子听起来像“他会得到一个袋子”,好像在谈实物。这个表示失去工作的习语固定带 the:get the sack、give someone the sack。修改只纠正了冠词。

Cambridge Dictionary

美式英语更常用 get fired 表达这个意思,正式书面语则用 be dismissed。不要与 quit 混淆:I quit 表示主动辞职,I got the sack 则表示被解雇。

动手练习

After Mark was caught sleeping at his desk for the third time, his manager called him in, and he ___.

(got the sack / hit the sack)

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got the sack — Mark 第三次被发现在办公桌前睡觉,随后被经理叫去谈话,语境指向丢掉工作,所以选 got the sack。Hit the sack 表示上床睡觉,不是这里与老板谈话后的结果。

讲一个真实或虚构的失业故事。说明这个人为什么被解雇,以及后来做了什么。

My old neighbour got the sack for arguing with customers, so he opened his own small bike shop.

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