stay put是什麼意思？你知道嗎？
英文中有一個詞組stay put，你知道它是什麼意思嗎？一起來看看《老友記》的這個片段吧。
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Hey Bob.
嗨，鮑勃
Hey! How’s my pal Toby doing today?
嘿，我的朋友託比，今天怎麼樣
If I see him, I’ll ask.
我看到他時會問的
Toby!
託比！
Hey-hey! Bing? Was that Bob from six you were just talking too?
嘿，賓，你剛才是在和六樓的鮑勃説話嗎
Yeah!
是的！
Oh then you know each other.
所以你們認識
We’re on a semi-first name basis.
我們知道彼此的名字而已
What do you think of adding him to our team?
你覺得把他加進我們組怎麼樣
Bob? Ooh, working here with us? Everyday? Yeah, I don’t know if he has what it takes.
鮑勃？和我們一起工作？每天？我不知道他能否勝任
Really? They love him down on six.
是嗎？六樓的人很喜歡他
But this is eleven. It’s almost twice as hard up here.
但這是11樓，這的工作要難上兩倍
Okay, I hear you loud and clear.
好吧，我明白你的意思了。
Bob will stay put.
鮑勃暫時不調動他
I think it’s best sir.
我認為這最好
But we really do need to find someone uphere. The work is starting to pile up. I’ve got a stack of documents on my desk this high.
但我們的確需要再找人了，工作已經堆積了很多，我桌子上的文件都有這麼高了
Y’know what you should do, just toss ‘em in the shedder and claim you never got ‘em.
你知道應該怎麼做，直接把它們扔到碎紙機裏然後説沒有見過
That’s a good one.
這個笑話不錯
What does a guy have to do to be taken seriously around here?!
我該怎麼做他們才會覺得我是認真的
今日重點：
朋友，夥伴：pal。筆友：pen pal
一半的：semi。semi-final，半決賽
……的兩倍：twice
一清二楚：loud and clear
原地不動：stay put。put除了表示“放下”，也可作形容詞表示“固定不動的”
堆積：pile up
一堆，一摞：a stack of
拋，投：toss。除了作動詞，也可表示“拋硬幣”
認真對待：take it seriously
