Take something offline 私下再談

今日短語

職場中，當上級在會議等場合中使用短語 “take something offline” 時，是在告訴某人 “不要再談論一件事情，會後私下再說”。這個短語經常與 “let’s” 搭配，用來表示命令或請求，即 “Let’s take it offline.（讓我們私下裡談這件事情）”。

例句

I understand that this is a really important issue for you, Sandra, but it’s not the focus of this meeting. Let’s take it offline and talk about it afterwards.

我知道這對你來說是一個非常重要的問題，珊德拉，但這並不是會議的重點。我們私底下再接著談。

Derek started talking inappropriately about members of the other team, but thankfully our manager told him to take it offline.
德裡克開始談論另一支團隊的成員，說瞭些不合適的話，但幸好我們的經理讓他別再說下去瞭。

After our manager told me to take it offline, I thought she would talk to me later about it – but she clearly just wanted me to stop talking.
我們的經理讓我私下再談，我本以為她稍後會和我討論這件事情，但顯然她當時隻是想讓我住口。