PETS－2语法讲解(261)

How did I come across?
　　对 话 　　Jamie: Congratulations on your sales presentation.
　　Deborah: Oh, thank you. I didn't know you were there.
　　Jamie: Yes, I came in late at the back.
　　Deborah: How did I come across?
　　Jamie: Oh very much the cool, competent professional.
　　Deborah: That's certainly not how I felt. I was very nervous inside.
　　杰米：你在推销会上的讲解十分成功，恭喜恭喜。
　　德博拉：啊，谢谢，我不知道你也在场。
　　杰米：我来迟了，站在后面。
　　德博拉：我给人的印象怎样？
　　杰米：啊，完全是个冷静、能干的专业人士。
　　德博拉：我自己当时可不这么觉得。我心里紧张得很。
　　Across一般指‘越过’，在动词词组(phrasal verb)中，常有‘传达’含义，例如come across是‘给人某个印象’，其后常用as带出该印象，例如：(1) You came across as a competent professional to me（你给我的印象，是个能干的专业人士）。(2) He comes across as being very self-confident（他给人一个‘自信心十足’的印象）。(3) I am afraid you did not come across well in the debate（你在那场辩论中的表现恐怕不大好）。
　　Come across还可解作‘被人明白’，而put across或get across则是‘使人明白’，这都是‘传达’含义的引申，例如：(1) Though he does not speak good English, he manages to get/put his ideas across（他虽然英文说得不好，但还能达意）。(2) The advertisement is a flop. Its antismoking message just fails to come across（这广告失败得很，其反吸烟寓意根本无法明白）。Flop即‘彻底的失败’，常用于随便的口语。
　　Presentation有‘展示’、‘介绍’的意思，sales presentation自然是新产品、服务等的讲解、推销，例如：The fund house representative made a presentation of their latest capital preservation products（那家基金公司的代表介绍了他们最新的保本产品）。介绍新产品等的推销会，也可以叫做sales presentation，例如：We will give a number of sales presentations to promote the new product（我们会举办一些推介会，促销这新产品）。