alter ego

n.密友；個性的另一面；至交

staple

n. (某國的)主要產(chǎn)品，支柱產(chǎn)品; 主食; 主要部份，重要內(nèi)容; <史>(特定商品的)貿(mào)易中心; 訂書釘; U 形釘; (棉花、羊毛的)纖維(就其長度和細度而言)

adj. 主要生產(chǎn)的，大量生產(chǎn)的; 主要的，常用的

v. 用訂書釘訂住; 把……分級

?management literature

管理學文獻

unequivocal

adj. 毫不含糊的; 表達明確的; 斬釘截鐵的;

equivocal

adj.

模棱兩可的; 意義雙關(guān)的; 含糊其辭的; 難以理解的; 難以解釋清楚的;

aversion

n.

厭惡; 憎惡;

?put sb?off

找借口搪塞某人；使某人失去…的興趣?

contagious

adj.

傳染性的; (疾病)接觸傳染的; 患接觸性傳染病;

infinitestimal

n.

無窮小; 無限小; 極微量; 極小量;

adj.

極小的; 微量的;

contemplate

v.

沉思; 考慮; 思忖; 思量; 深思熟慮; 考慮接受(發(fā)生某事的可能性); 苦思冥想; 端詳;

beyond the pale

（行為舉止）出格的，越軌的;

candid

adj.

坦率的; 坦誠的; 直言不諱的; (照片)搶拍的，偷拍的; 不偏不倚的, 公正的; （照相）姿勢自然隨便的; 白色的;

n.

乘人不備時拍下的照片, 快照;

But seeking the boundaries between standards and being unreasonable, or between being candid and being crushing, are not always clear-cut.

bonnet

n.

閥蓋; (帶子系于下巴的)童帽，舊式女帽; (車輛的)引擎蓋;

oblivious

adj.

忘卻的; 不知道; 未注意; 未察覺;

philosophical

adj.

哲學的; 達觀的; 處亂不驚的;

teaser

n.

難題; 棘手的問題; 前導(dǎo)廣告，懸念式廣告(含蓄而引人好奇);

tantrum

n.

發(fā)脾氣; (尤指兒童)耍脾氣，使性子;

wrecker

n.

(對他人計劃、關(guān)系等的)破壞者; 救險車;

Where are the policies that ban constructive wreckers, the people offering up so many ostensibly helpful criticisms that nothing ever actually gets done? Why not zap the brilliant fools who have blinding insights of absolutely no practical value?

ostensibly

adj.

表面的; 宣稱的; 假托的;

?putter?

vi.

嘟嘟(或咕嚕)作響;

n.

輕擊球桿;

mediocrity

n.

平庸; 普通; 平常; 平庸之人; 碌碌無為者;

monoxide

n.

一氧化物;

Right-minded (adj.有正義感的; 正直的;

)purists will argue that anything less than(絕不) zero tolerance towards talented jerks is just pandering to people who behave badly. But right-minded purists will have skated over( 掠過; 輕率地處理; 滑過;

)paragraph three and are a scourge in their own right. Someone ought to write a management book about them.

pander

v.

(常指為謀私利而)迎合;

n.

拉皮條者; 勾引者; 幫人做壞事的人;

scourage

n.

天災(zāi); 禍害; 禍根; 災(zāi)害; (舊時用作刑具的)鞭子;

vt.

鞭打; 折磨; 使受苦難; 使痛苦; 鞭笞;