这个月找他的酒店不在少数
“There are quite a few hotels trying to recruit him this month,”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
我跟一个认识的猎头打听过
“I asked a headhunter I know.”
这个月 找他 的酒店 不在少数
“There are quite a few hotels trying to recruit him this month,”
其中还包括了宽利酒店
“including Kuanli Hotel.”
“He is a hot commodity on the market right now, so we need to act fast if we want him.”
Chinese speakers frequently use litotes like '不在少数' (not a few) to deliver impactful assessments in a restrained, objective-sounding manner.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
by no means a few; quite a lot
A formal and literary double negative used in both speech and writing to emphasize a large quantity.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“There are hotels nearby. You can try finding him there.”
“I've been staying in a hotel recently,”
“You won't be staying here during this time?”
“Is he going to stay at the hotel”
“In a few days, they can still find the man.”
“Why didn't you go find him?”