In the loop 表示了解正在发生的事情。最常见于请求 keep me in the loop,即请持续告知情况。处于 in the loop 的人能收到消息、参与讨论。这个表达常用于工作邮件;正式书信或作文中,keep someone informed 更稳妥。
什么情境适合说 in the loop?
写一句英语,检查习语是否适合当前情境,以及哪里需要修改。
本次检查比平时稍久,完成后反馈会自动显示在这里。
be in the loop; keep someone in the loop (about something); out of the loop
- Please keep me in the loop about any changes to the delivery date.
- Only the managers were in the loop, so the rest of us heard the news from the press.
修改原因
修改前Please keep me in course about the changes.
修改后Please keep me in the loop about the changes.
Keep me in course 是逐词套出来的表达,英语不这样表示“让我了解进展”。应把 in course 换成 in the loop:keep me in the loop。更正式的邮件也可以用 keep me informed。
Out of the loop 意思相反,表示不知情、没有参与讨论,例如休假回来后:I've been away, so I'm a bit out of the loop。Keep me posted 意思接近,但更强调有新消息就告诉我;in the loop 则强调把一个人纳入知情者的范围。
动手练习
Please add Olga to the email thread so that she stays ___ while I'm away.
查看答案
in the loop — 把 Olga 加进邮件讨论是为了让她收到消息,所以选 in the loop。In the dark 表示毫不知情,结果正好相反。
给同事或同学写一个简短请求。说明你希望持续了解什么事情,以及需要保持联系到哪一天。
Could you keep me in the loop about the budget changes until I'm back on Monday?
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