也许还需要更多人手
“And maybe some more manpower.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
已经给了你四个月时间了
“You've had four months.”
也许 还需要 更 多 人手
“And maybe some more manpower.”
莫克总督察今天回来了
“[woman] D.C.I. Morck's back today.”
“Don't blame me for taking four months; you haven't given me enough people to solve this.”
In Chinese workplace communication, subordinates often soften defensive counterarguments by framing lack of progress as a resource limitation rather than personal inability.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
perhaps still needs
A polite, hedged way to state a requirement or suggest adding resources without sounding demanding.
more manpower / extra hands
Commonly used in workplace environments when requesting additional staff or help on a task.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“If more people”
“so we must be careful with casting.”
“Yes. Look at the turnout.”
“The three of them together”
“We're short-handed.”
“But we are short-handed right now.”
“Shouldn't we track down a few more people—”
“and we're short-staffed,”