【Business Conversation-20】Getting an Upgrade ( 要求升等 )

Getting an Upgrade ( 要求升等 )
A : are you on th phone?
B : yeah, but I'm on hold
A : do you have time of lunch?
B : not right now.
I'm trying to get a free upgrade on my rental car
A : are you having any luck?
B : the rental car agent is talking to her supervisor right now
A : how are you negotiating?
B : I told the agent that our company does a lot of business
with this rental company
A : you're right. We do
B : Kyle, hold on.he agent is back on the phone
【Biz Vocab】商用英文單字 ( 點擊左邊箭頭打開釋義+例句 ) on hold /ɑːn hoʊld/ 等候接聽 waiting to be connected while making a phone call.
"‘I'll just see if he's free,’ Rachel said, and put me on hold " temporarily not being dealt with or pursued.
"he has had to put his career on hold "

Similar:
postpone
put off
put back
hold off
defer
delay
adjourn
shelve
suspend
hold in abeyance
put over
take a rain check on
put on ice
put on the back burner
put in cold storage
mothball
remit
respite supervisor /ˈsuː.pɚ.vaɪ.zɚ/ n. 督導 / 上司 a person whose job is to supervise someone or something


UKin some colleges , a teacher with responsibility for a particular student


USA town or county supervisor is an elected official who manages local government services .
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases Bosses & managers
administration C-suite CAO captain of industry CCO director general directorate directorship employer escalate majordomo management management consultant manager manageress slave driver sleeping partner superintendent taskmaster top brass negotiate /nəˈɡoʊ.ʃi.eɪt/ v. 協商 / 談判 to have formal discussions with someone in order to reach an agreement with them:
The government has refused to negotiate with the strikers .
I'm negotiating for a new contract .
I've managed to negotiate (= get by discussion ) a five percent pay increase with my boss . More examples Despite the deep antipathies between them, the two sides have managed to negotiate an agreement. The government's official line has always been to refuse to negotiate with terrorists. The police negotiated with the gunman through an intermediary. We need someone who is practised at negotiating business deals. He spent ages negotiating for a pay increase, only to resign from his job soon after he'd received it.