释义:
Thinking alike or understanding something in a similar way with others.与某人想法一致或者在理解事物的方式上一致;
来源:
The origins of this phrase are unclear, 这个词组的来源不是很清楚;however, one could guess it stems from schools, where teachers and students must be on identical pages in their books. 但是,我们可以猜想一下,这个词组可能来自于学校,老师和学生的课本必须得在同一页上; Additionally, the expression looks to be recent.但是,这个词组被使用的年头应该不是很久;I can only find it recorded as far back as 1974, used by the Corona [k?'r??n?] Daily Independent on the topic of football:能找到的最久远的出处是来自于1974年的Corona Daily Independent中关于橄榄球的报道,其中是这样写的:
"I think we can beat Washington and whichever team we play next to get into the Super Bowl. If 47
players and our coaches are all on the same page, we can do it."我觉得我们能够打败华盛顿队还有后来的所有队伍,然后进入超级杯. 如果47名球员和教练都达成共识,那么我们就可以做到;
举例:
1.要赢得比赛的胜利,我们必须得达成共识,不能犯任何错误;
we need to be on the same page! There is no room for mistake.
2.你和你的老板在改善产品质量上存在分歧,各自争执不能达成一致,那么这个时候你的老板就说:
I'm afraid you and I are not on the same page as to how we can improve quality.