of a sort

of a sort的基本解释

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同一类的, 较差的

与of a sort相关的情景对话

衣食住行/In the hospital emergency ward-(在医院急诊室)

A:

How’s it feel?

感觉怎么样？

B:

About the same.

和刚才差不多。

A:

Someone will be out to take a look any minute now.

很快就有人给你看的。

B:

Should we be here, Alice? I don’t think it’s that serious.

艾丽斯，我们要来这儿吗？ 我看没那么严重。

A:

Of course! It’s the sort of thing a hospital emergency ward is for.

当然得来这儿啦！ 医院的急诊室就是干这个的。

B:

Will he have to wait much longer?

要等很长时间吗？

A:

I hope not. It isn’t that busy.

希望不会。这儿不是那么忙。

商务外贸/Getting Started-(成立公司)

A:

Let's review our start-up plans. When do you think we will be able to move into our new office?

我们再看一遍我们的初步计划。你想什么时候我们可以搬进新的办公室？

B:

Well, we can move in any time after July first, but moving in and actually getting started are two different things.

七月一号之后我们随时可以搬进去，不过搬进去和实际开始工作是两回事。

A:

Good point. Anyway, I have our new marketing manager, Helen Parker, helping us get set up.

说得好。无论如何，我会要我们新任的市场经理，海伦.派克帮忙我们打点一切。

B:

What is she doing?

她是做什么的？

A:

She's overseeing the purchase of equipment and so forth.

她监督机器设备的采购等等。

B:

Does she have a background in that sort of thing?

她有那方面的背景吗？

A:

As a matter of fact, it turns out she practically ran her last company, from marketing to finance.

事实上，她上一个公司从行销到财务，实际上都是她在运作的。

B:

I'm looking forward to meeting her.

我期待认识她。

A:

Have you begun to investigate factories? I'm so glad we aren't going to try to run our own factory at first.

你开始调查工厂了吗？我很高兴我们没有先试图设立自己的工厂。

B:

Yes, I've started. And I've found some good people for R and D, too. Then there are the art people designing our logos-

是的，开始了。我也替研发部门找了些好人才。然后有一些美术人员设计我们的商标——

A:

Oh, no! Millions of details: logos, slogans, letterhead, name cards . . .

商标，标语，信头，名片……

B:

You thought setting up a company was going to be easy?

你觉得创立一间公司会容易吗？