【Business Conversation-24】New CTO ( 新上任的首席技術長 )

新上任的 New CTO ( 新上任的首席技術長 )
A : Gloria is stressed out.
B : Why?
A : The new CTO is visiting our office
B : so what's the big deal?
A : it is a big deal to Gloria. She's one of the managers.
B : Gloria is a great boss.
A : she wants to make a good first impression.
B : she hasn't met the new CTO yet?
A : no. This will be her first time meeting him.
B : no wonder Gloria is nervous.
【Biz Vocab】商用英文單字 ( 點擊左邊箭頭打開釋義+例句 ) stress out /stres aʊt/ v.phr. 焦慮不已 to make someone feel very nervous and worried :
Interviews always stress me out. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases Causing anxiety and worry
alarming alarmingly bite catch up with sb come back/home to roost idiom disturb dread frighten sb/sth away/off get/go beyond a joke idiom give sb the jimjams idiom give sb the jitters idiom gnaw rattle roost suspenseful swatting tense tenseness trigger troubling CTO = Chief Technology Officer /ˌtʃiːf tekˈnɑː.lə.dʒi ˌɑː.fɪ.sɚ/ n.phr. 首席技術長 someone with a high position in a business who is responsible for technical and scientific issues :
Cobalt's chief technology officer spent 20 years at IBM.
Its chief technology officer said that the company had noticed the fault while designing a new model . More examples Gates has also been talking and trading e-mails with Nathan Myhrvold, former Microsoft chief technology officer. The chief technology officer for HP's personal systems group said speeding up booting is a major focus for the company. The post of chief technology officer will not be replaced at the present time. impression /ɪmˈpreʃ.ən/ n. 印象 an idea or opinion of what something or someone is like: I didn't get much of an impression of the place because it was dark when we drove through it.
What was your impression of Charlotte's husband ?
I don't tend to trust first impressions (= the opinion you form when you meet someone or see something for the first time ).
[ + that ] When I first met him I got/had the impression that he was a shy sort of person .