尾牙季節又到了，不論是外商公司和密切來往的客戶，如果能在上司和同事之間表現出色，相信未來一年升遷上將會更順遂。今天帶大家來看看幾句尾牙常見的單字及問候語，吃尾牙兼洗褲，遇到信件回覆或外國客戶溝通不煩惱。
尾牙的英文？
那就先來認識「尾牙」的英文。尾牙的英文是year-end party，指的是年末派對，party也可以換成banquet，變成year-end banquet，year-end 從字面上來看就是”一年最後”的意思，而 banquet 則是宴會或晚宴。
例句：I bought a dress for my year-end party.
我為了尾牙買了一件洋裝。
聚餐 gathering
英文定義：a party or a meeting when many people come together as a group
另外，dine together 也有聚餐的意思，dine是用餐、用膳、進餐，若是要表示與某人聚餐，可以寫成「dine together with + 人」，如果剛好聚餐屬於晚餐時段，也可以直接說「have a dinner with + 人」。
例句：Our next gathering will take place in Taipei on 5 January.
下次聚餐是1月5日在台北。
例句：I have a dinner with colleagues tonight.
我今晚與同事們一起聚餐。
年終獎金 year-end bonus
年終獎金的英文就是年末（year-end)加上獎金(bonus)。年度分紅也可說是annual bonus。
例句：How much year – end bonus did you get this year？
你今年拿到多少年終獎金？
抽獎 lucky draw / raffle
raffle英文定義：an activity in which people buy tickets with different numbers, some of which are later chosen to win prizes, that is organized in order to make money for a good social purpose
draw就是籤，lucky draw就是幸運籤，另一個字raffle翻為摸彩，是某個正向的特定目的所用的抽獎券。
例句：Result of lucky draw announced.
抽獎結果公布。
例句：The draw for the raffle takes place tonight.
抽獎將在今晚舉行。
感謝狀 certificate
英文定義：an official document that states that the information on it is true
例句：She got a certificate in the year-end party.
他在尾牙中得到了一張感謝狀
中獎 win
英文定義：to achieve first position and/or get a prize in a competition, election, fight, etc.
例句：l won a BMW!
我得到了一台BMW！
例句：Peter had a dream that he won the lottery.
Peter希望他可以中樂透。
獲利 Profit
英文定義：money that is earned in trade or business after paying the costs of producing and selling goods and services
例句：Company profits are up from last year’s figures.
相較於去年的數據，公司獲利上升。
禮卷 gift certificate / gift voucher / gift token
英文定義：a card or piece of paper that can be exchanged in a shop for goods of the value that is printed on it
指百貨公司、商店的禮卷，可以用來換禮品或禮物的就是gift certificate。
例句：Many stores offer gift certificates now.
現在許多商店都有提供禮券。
獎品 prize
英文定義：something valuable, such as an amount of money, that is given to someone who succeeds in a competition or game or that is given to someone as a reward for doing very good work
例句：I won a prize in the raffle.
我在摸彩時得到了一個獎品。
春酒 spring party / spring feast
酒席的英文單字應該是 feast，但外商公司通常會用 party 來表示宴席
例句：The boss will give envelopes on the spring party.
老闆將會在春酒上發送紅包
加薪減薪 get a raise / pay cut
pay是「薪水」，如果要用動詞表達「減某人薪水」，則可以說cut sb’s pay或sb’s pay is cut。
例句：He is working hard in order to get a raise.
為了獲得加薪，他一直努力工作。
例句：If I get pay cut at my company, I’m going to quit.
如果我在公司被減薪，我就要辭職。
在學了那麼多尾牙常見英文後，大家就可以放心去參加尾牙了！如果未來想要更增進自己職場口說和應用的能力，也歡迎到菲律賓語言學校，當地有多元的餐廳和節慶，讓你在增進英語能力的同時，擁有最佳的課後休閒時光！
參考資料：Cambridge Dictionary
