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That They Think Someone Is Incompetent
认为别人不称职
There will always be incompetent people in any workplace, and chances are that everyone knows who they are.
任何职场都会有能力欠佳的人,其实大家也都心知肚明。
If you don't have the power to help them improve or to fire them, then you have nothing to gain by broadcasting their ineptitude.
如果你不能帮他们提高能力,也没有权力解雇他们,那么你到处宣扬他们的无能和笨拙对自己也没好处。
Announcing your colleague’s incompetence comes across as an insecure attempt to make you look better.
说同事无能反而会让别人以为你不自信,试图通过贬低别人凸显自己。
Your callousness will inevitably come back to haunt you in the form of your coworkers’negative opinions of you.
你的冷漠无情会报应到自己头上,同事们同样会把你说得一无是处。
【知识点讲解】
have the power to 有能力
例句:
Fathers have the power to dominate children and young people.
父辈们有能力支配孩子们和年轻人的生活。
The banks have the power to pull the plug on the project.
银行有能力让该工程终止。
Human societies have the power to solve the problems confronting them.
人类社会有能力解决面临的问题。
come across 偶遇; 偶然发现; 使产生…印象;
例句:
He's the best opponent I've come across this season, a great player.
他是我本赛季遇到的最出色的对手,一位了不起的运动员。
Did he come across as a sane rational person?
他看起来是一个正常而理智的人吗?
I've never come across hieroglyphics like the handwriting of Peter Smallwood.
我从未见过像彼得·斯莫尔伍德那么难辨认的笔迹。
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