“加班”不是“get off work late”

“加班”是很多上班族的日常噩梦，那么你知道它的英文怎么说吗？比如：“我今天可能要加班”你知道这句话英文如何表达吗？

work overtime（动词）/ overtime work（名词），加班

我今天可能要加班。

错误答案：

× I might get off work late today.

正确答案：

√I might work overtime today.

get off work 下班

I can meet up with you later if you can't get off work now.

如果你现在不能下班的话，我可以晚点再跟你碰面。

leave in lieu，调休

He will take tomorrow off for leave in lieu.

他明天调休了。

clock in 上班打卡，clock out 下班打卡

I called John and asked him to use my card to clock in.

我打给约翰让他帮我打卡上班。

ask for leave / take one day off，请假

I asked for leave, but my manager rejected me.

我申请请假，但经理不同意。

Don’t look for me next week, because I will take 10 days off.

下周不要找我，因为我请了10天假。

work overnight 通宵工作

The deadline is tomorrow. We need to work overnight in order to finish it. 明天就是截止日期了。我们要通宵工作去完成。