用 “铅笔 pencil” 写下的字可以用橡皮擦掉。短语 “pencil something in” 和 “pencil someone in” 就借用了铅笔的这个属性,用来表示在知道安排可能会发生改变的情景中,“暂定一件事情或暂时敲定约见一个人”。
- I’d love to see you for lunch on Friday but I may have to work. Can you pencil me in and I’ll get back to you?
我非常想在这周五和你一起吃午饭,但到时候我可能得工作。要不咱们先约上,我随后再给你确切回复,行吗? - Let’s try to pencil in a date for our holiday – we can always change it later!
我们先来暂时定一个度假的日期,以后是可以再改的! - We’ve penciled in a few possible dates for our staff training day, but we’ll have to see which is the most convenient for the team!
我们暂定了几个可能开展员工培训日的日期,但需要看看哪一天对团队来说最方便。