Gregory没有帮Mike提交专利申请,理由是Mike还没有帮他完成Bainbridge案件摘要的校对。
另外,律师使用hold这个词频率很高,本节视频中出现的三个hold,你都看懂了吗?
1. hold up 耽搁
HARVEY: The patent thing is the only piece of paper that’s holding up our deal from yesterday.
就是专利的那一纸文件耽搁了昨天的交易
2. on hold 等待
GREGORY: And I was on hold for almost 11 minutes before I gave up on your patent 我也是等了11分钟才放弃了你的专利申请
3. held up 顶住了
I know Gregory tricked you into doing his work.
I wanted to see how you react when pressed about it.
You held up.
句型词汇:
- A deal’s a deal 说话算数
- pawn it off on you 推给你
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