A：We’re looking for a manager to run the new branch office.
      我们正在找一位经理来管理新的分公司。

B：Where is the branch office?
      分公司在哪里？

A：It happens to be very close to your home. We were actually hoping that you might want to fill the position.
      真巧，它离你家特别近。我们真的希望你能担任这个职务。

B：I’d have to think about it. How many people would I be managing?
      我得考虑一下，我将会管理几名员工呢？

A：It will start off small, with only about 10 employees.
      公司刚开始运营时规模比较小，大概有10 名员工。

B：That is quite small.
      那确实很小。

A：Are you interested?
      你感兴趣吗？

reason的解释

B：I guess. I do like the office I’m working in now, but it would be nice to work closer to my home.
      我想是的。我很喜欢现在工作的地方，但如果能离家近些也不错。

A：Your salary would remain the same, but if you do a good job, I think there’s a possibility of a promotion down the road.
      你的薪水保持不变，如果工作业绩好，还有升职的可能。

B：Really?
      真的吗？

A：Yes. The reason we chose you is because you’re the best manager we have. We need someone who can organize the new office and make it run well.
      是的，我们之所以选择你，就因为你是现在的最好的经理。我们需要一位有很好的组织能力并且能使公司良好运营的人。

B：So this isn’t a demotion?
      这不是降职吧？

A：Oh, no, it’s quite the opposite!
      不是，恰恰相反。

B：Well then, when should I start?
      那好吧，什么时候开始上班？

A：So you’ll do it?
      你决定做了吗？

reason

B：Sure.
      当然。

reason的翻译

A：Great! We’ll send some people over to move your things tomorrow. You can have a long weekend and then start at your new office on Monday.
      太好了！我们明天就派人给你搬东西。你可以休息一个长周末然后周一就在新的地方上班了。

1. 原因；理由；动机
    The reason for something is a fact or situation which explains why it happens or what causes it to happen.

reason的反义词

    e.g. There is a reason for every important thing that happens...
           每件重要事情的发生都有原因。
    e.g. Who would have a reason to want to kill her?
           谁会有杀她的动机呢？

2. 理由；确凿的证据
    If you say that you have reason to believe something or to have a particular emotion, you mean that you have evidence for your belief or there is a definite cause of your feeling.

    e.g. They had reason to believe there could be trouble...
           他们有理由相信可能会遇到麻烦。
    e.g. He had every reason to be upset...
           他完全有理由生气。

3. 理性;理智
    The ability that people have to think and to make sensible judgments can be referred to as reason .

    e.g. ...a conflict between emotion and reason...
           情感和理智的冲突
    e.g. Mike is my voice of reason. He thinks logically and points out where I'm going wrong.
           迈克帮我保持理智。他的思维很有逻辑性，可以指出我的错误。

4. 推理;推论;推断
    If you reason that something is true, you decide that it is true after thinking carefully about all the facts.

    e.g. I reasoned that changing my diet would lower my cholesterol level...
           我推断改变自己的饮食可以降低我的胆固醇水平。
    e.g. 'Listen,' I reasoned, 'it doesn't take a genius to figure out what Adam's up to.'
           “听着，”我分析道，“要弄清楚亚当想要干什么很容易。”

5. （常用来暗指不赞成某人的所作所为）只有自己知道为什么，出于自身的理由
    If you do not know why someone did something, you can say that they did it for reasons best known to themselves. You usually use this expression when you do not agree with what they did.

    e.g. For reasons best known to himself, Algie changed his name.
           不知是出于什么原因，阿尔吉改了名字。

6. 因为；由于；由…引起；以…为理由
    If one thing happens by reason of another, it happens because of it.

    e.g. The boss retains enormous influence by reason of his position...
           老板由于自身的地位而一直有极大的影响力。
    e.g. He pleaded innocent by reason of insanity.
           他以精神不健全为由申辩无罪。

7. 听从劝告;理智行事
    If you try to make someone listen to reason, you try to persuade them to listen to sensible arguments and be influenced by them.

    e.g. The company's top executives had refused to listen to reason.
           公司的高层管理人员拒绝理智行事。

8. 无缘无故；莫名其妙；没有理由
    If you say that something happened or was done for no reason ,for no good reason, or for no reason at all, you mean that there was no obvious reason why it happened or was done.

    e.g. The guards, he said, would punch them for no reason...
           他说警卫会无缘无故殴打他们。
    e.g. For no reason at all the two men started to laugh.
           两个人莫名其妙地开始大笑。

9. 活着的理由；生存的原因
    If a person or thing is someone's reason for living or their reason for being, they are the most important thing in that person's life.

    e.g. Chloe is my reason for living.
           克洛艾是我活着的理由。

10. 不知为何;不知什么原因
    If you say that something happened or is true for some reason, you mean that you know it happened or is true, but you do not know why.

    e.g. For some reason, the curtains were shut...
           不知什么原因，窗帘拉着。
    e.g. For some inexplicable reason she was attracted to Patrick.
           因为某些无法解释的原因，她被帕特里克所吸引。

11. 正当的;合乎情理的;理智范围内的
      If you say that you will do anything within reason, you mean that you will do anything that is fair or reasonable and not too extreme.

      e.g. I will take any job that comes along, within reason...
             我会接受任何给我的工作，只要是正当的。
      e.g. It means working, within reason, for whatever time is necessary.
             这意味着在合理的范围内花费所有必要的时间工作。

12. rhyme or reason -> see rhyme
      to reason -> see
      it stands to reason -> see stand

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