用 “鉛筆 pencil” 寫下的字可以用橡皮擦掉。短語 “pencil something in” 和 “pencil someone in” 就借用了鉛筆的這個屬性,它用在已知事情的安排會發(fā)生改變的情景當中,表示 “草定、臨時安排”。
I’d love to see you for lunch on Friday but I may have to work. Can you pencil me in and I’ll get back to you?
我很想這周五和你一起吃午飯,但我可能得工作。要不先暫時把我排上,我隨后再給你回復,你看行嗎?
Let’s try to pencil in a date for our holiday – we can always change it later!
我們先試著暫時定下度假的日子,我們可以之后再改!
We’ve penciled in a few possible dates for our staff training day, but we’ll have to see which is the most convenient for the team!
我們草擬了幾個開展員工培訓日的可行日期,但我們需要看看哪一天對團隊最方便。