介绍： A: I'm hoping to finish it on time, but it's a little bit difficult for me.
B: what happened?
A: I need an assistant.
B: I told you before. We just don't have the resources to hire you an assistant.
A: I understand that. But the fact is that we are understaffed.
B: The timing is not just right. You know, the ...

介绍： A: I'm hoping to finish it on time, but it's a little bit difficult for me.
B: what happened?
A: I need an assistant.
B: I told you before. We just don't have the resources to hire you an assistant.
A: I understand that. But the fact is that we are understaffed.
B: The timing is not just right. You know, the economy is bad.
A: l have an idea. What if we hire an intern? We would take some of the weight off our shoulders.
B: Great. In this way we could keep our costs down.

I'm hoping to......but...
我想（希望）....但是.....
I'm hoping to help you to speak English like a native speaker，but you are too lazy.
我想帮你把英语说的像本国人一样地道，但是你太懒了。

I told you before.
我早就告诉过你了。
Why you are late again？I told you before.
你为什么又迟到了，我早就告诉过你了呀。

I understand that. But the fact is that...
我明白，但事实上...

I understand that，but the fact is that it's beyond me.
我明白，但事实是我真的无能为力。

understaffed.
stuff：东西，材料
staff：员工，职员
AirAsia staff：亚航机组人员
short staffed：缺人手，员工短缺
overstaffed ：超编的，人浮于事的

The timing is not just right.
还不是时候。

I was gonna sell my house, but the timing is just not right.
我打算卖掉房子，但只是还没到时候。

A: Honey, I think we should have a baby.
亲爱的，我想是时候该要个孩子了吧？
B: The timing is just not right.
现在还不是时候。

take weight off my shoulders
放下肩头重担，如释重负
本文意思：
“to help me with my work”
“to take some of my work away from me”.

keep our costs down
降低我们的成本/开销
We should find effective ways to keep our costs down.

我们应该找到有效的办法来节省开销。

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