8月5日商务英语

backbone ['bækbəun]

勇气（名词，俚语）

(noun, SLANG) Courage and confidence. (NOTE: always takes the article "the")

EXAMPLE: Afraid of losing their jobs, the nervous young employees lack the backbone to complain about the dangerous conditions in their factory.

由于害怕失去工作，这些紧张的年轻雇员没有胆量投诉工厂危险的环境。

the whys and wherefores of something

原因（传统表达法）

A traditional expression referring to the reasons for something.

EXAMPLE: The why and wherefore of our no smoking policy has to do with our concern about the health of employees.

我们制定不吸烟的政策，是出于对员工健康的关心。