今日短語(yǔ)

The lie of the land 的意思是“一個(gè)組織或機(jī)構(gòu)的特定的運(yùn)作方式”。常常用來(lái)表達(dá)新人初來(lái)乍到，面對(duì)生疏的學(xué)習(xí)或工作環(huán)境，尚待了解各方面的形勢(shì)和路數(shù)。

例句

I only joined the company a few weeks ago. I haven't really figured out the lie of the land yet. I've no idea who I can trust or who the most important people actually are.

It takes everyone a while to get to know the lie of the land when they start university. It's all new for everybody so it's bound to be a little confusing at first.

請(qǐng)注意

如果說(shuō)你 ''land'' a job，那么意思就是你成功獲得一份公認(rèn)的體面工作，而且這個(gè)職位往往競(jìng)爭(zhēng)激烈，很難得到。

例句

Did you hear about Mike? He's just landed a job at Google.

After I left university I was lucky enough to land a job with one of the top law firms in the country.