商务英语：今日热词——主动承担责任
《财富》（中文版）
2013年01月11日
EXAMPLE: After the accounting scandal in our company, our president offered to fall on his sword and resign, but the board of directors persuaded him to stay.
在公司发生会计丑闻后，我们的总裁主动将责任揽在自己身上并提出辞职，但董事会劝他留下。
在公司发生会计丑闻后，我们的总裁主动将责任揽在自己身上并提出辞职，但董事会劝他留下。
今日单词：
| 单词 | two-comma |
| 中文释义 |
价值百万的（形容词，非正式） |
| 英文释义 |
(adjective, INFORMAL) Describing anything that costs more than $1,000,000. |
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例句 |
EXAMPLE: The ambitious young architect focuses solely on two-comma projects that increase his fame and fortune. 这位雄心勃勃的年轻人专做能增加声誉和财富的价值在100万美元以上的项目。 |
今日短语：
| 短语 |
to fall on one’s sword |
| 中文释义 |
主动承担责任（俚语） |
| 英文释义 |
(SLANG) To sacrifice oneself; to take responsibility for a failure, and thereby prevent either another person or one’s organization from suffering the consequences of that failure. |
| 例句 |
EXAMPLE: After the accounting scandal in our company, our president offered to fall on his sword and resign, but the board of directors persuaded him to stay. 在公司发生会计丑闻后，我们的总裁主动将责任揽在自己身上并提出辞职，但董事会劝他留下。 |
