英语短语"take the minutes"的核心含义是“做会议记录;记录会议内容”。
take:此处表示“记录、记下”(to write down);
the minutes:复数形式,指“会议记录”(a written record of what was said and decided at a meeting),是固定搭配(不能用单数"minute")。
这个短语是动词短语,通常作句子的谓语,主语多为“负责记录的人”(如秘书、参会者等),常见搭配是"take the minutes of + 会议类型"(记录…的会议内容)。
1、 提出请求:
Could you take the minutes for today's project meeting?
(你能为今天的项目会议做记录吗?)
2、 描述常态:
She always takes the minutes during our weekly team meetings.
(我们每周的团队会议总是由她做记录。)
3、 被动表达:
I was asked to take the minutes at the board meeting yesterday.
(昨天我被要求在董事会上做记录。)
4、 强调要求:
Taking the minutes requires careful listening and accurate note-taking.
(做会议记录需要仔细倾听和准确记录。)
record the minutes
minute the meeting("minute"作动词,意为“记录”)
简言之,"take the minutes"是职场/会议场景中高频使用的短语,核心是“承担记录会议内容的任务”。