2. And I also know that you’ll stand no chance if you don’t bring your price into line with the world market.
我還知道你們如果不把價格降到世界市場價格水平就沒有希望做成買賣。
stand a good(no) change 有(沒有)可能
With your price I’m afraid you’ll stand very little chance of obtaining the business.
按你這個價格,恐怕你獲得這筆交易的機會甚小。
Of fine quality and low price, our products will stand a good chance with stand a good change with your clients.
我們的產品價格低廉,品質優良,很有希望為你們的客戶報喜愛。
3. If you cannot see your way to reduce your price by, say 5%,it will be hopeless for you to get the business.
如果不減價,比如說減5%,你就沒有希望做成這筆生意。
(1)see one’s way to doing (do )something. 在可能做某事
在這個短信中,to后面可接動名詞,也可接不定式,口語中多用不不定式。We hope you will see your way to accept (accepting) our counteroffer.
希望你們能高潮接受我們的還盤。
We are sorry that we can’t see our way to increase the quantity.
抱歉,我們無法再增加數量。
say 相當于let’s say ,常用在插入語中,意思是“比如”,“假定”。有時也可以用在句首。
Would you take an offer of ,say, $1,000 for your car?
你愿意接受,比如說1,000美元,出讓這輛汽車嗎?
If you are prepared to raise your price limit by, say 8%,we might come to terms.
如果你們愿意把價格提高一點,比如說8%,我們就有可能成交。
(Let’s )say we can’t get a direct steamer sailing to your port, do you agree to transshipment at Hong Kong?
4.For friendship’s sake we may exceptionally consider reducing our price a little, but never to that extent.
為了友誼,我們的價格可以破例考慮降低一點,但決不會那么多。
to that extent 達到那個程度
to this extent 某種程度上
to an extent 在某種程度上
to some extent 在某種程度上
to a large extent 在很大程度上
To a certain extent our price depends on how large your order is.
在某種程度上,我們的價格取決于你們的訂單有多大。
To a certain extent our price depends on how large your order is.
在某種程度上,我們的價格取決于你們的訂單有多大。
To what extent are you willing to improve your price?
你們愿意把價格提到什么程度呢?
5.2%, which would be a sacrifice on our part.
2%, 這對我們來說是十分虧本了。
on one’s part/on the part of …就……而言,在……方面
We have carried out the contract to the letter on our part.
就我們這方面而言,是忠實履行合同義務的。
The fault in on the part of the shipping company..
這是輪船公司的錯誤。
6. You, certainly have a way of talking me into it.
你真有一套,把我給說服了。
Way 這個詞在日常生活和業務中應用也很廣。
除去by the way,meet each other halfway, see one’s way to 外,還有如下常用句:
This is the common way of trade.
這是貿易的通常作法。
You can get your customers around if you go the right way about it.
你要是方法得當是能夠說服你們的顧客的。
Compensation trade is a new practice in our trade and we have to feel our way forward.
補償貿易是我們貿易中的一種新做法,我們還得摸索著前進。
Let’s try and see if we can find a way out to settle the financial problem.
我們來看看能否找到一個解決財政問題的辦法。
These goods are in no way similar to each other.
這些貨物彼此之間一點也不相同。