商务英语：今日热词——挖掘销售潜力

做事时低头看地面

(verb) To be staring down at the floor near one's shoes while doing something else, such as talking with a customers, playing a musical instrument, or listening to one's boss

例句

EXAMPLE: The manager was annoyed by the lazy young clerk who tended to shoegaze sullenly when answering customer questions in the shop.

这位懒散的年轻员工在店里回答客户问题时总是低头闷闷不乐地看着地面，让经理很生气。

挖掘销售潜力

To be looking for extra sales that are not easy to find, usually because there have been very few sales recently (NOTE: this is a reference to shaking fruit trees to make the fruit fall)

EXAMPLE: Business has been very slow recently so we are shaking the trees by revisiting old customers who we haven't see for a long time and trying to sell our products to them.

公司近期发展缓慢，因此我们再度拜访久未见面的老客户，向他们推销产品，以挖掘销售潜力。