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alter ego
n.密友；个性的另一面；至交
staple
n. (某国的)主要产品，支柱产品; 主食; 主要部份，重要内容; <史>(特定商品的)贸易中心; 订书钉; U 形钉; (棉花、羊毛的)纤维(就其长度和细度而言)
adj. 主要生产的，大量生产的; 主要的，常用的
v. 用订书钉订住; 把……分级
management literature
管理学文献
unequivocal
adj. 毫不含糊的; 表达明确的; 斩钉截铁的;
equivocal
adj.
模棱两可的; 意义双关的; 含糊其辞的; 难以理解的; 难以解释清楚的;
aversion
n.
厌恶; 憎恶;
put sb off
找借口搪塞某人；使某人失去…的兴趣
contagious
adj.
传染性的; (疾病)接触传染的; 患接触性传染病;
infinitestimal
n.
无穷小; 无限小; 极微量; 极小量;
adj.
极小的; 微量的;
contemplate
v.
沉思; 考虑; 思忖; 思量; 深思熟虑; 考虑接受(发生某事的可能性); 苦思冥想; 端详;
beyond the pale
（行为举止）出格的，越轨的;
candid
adj.
坦率的; 坦诚的; 直言不讳的; (照片)抢拍的，偷拍的; 不偏不倚的, 公正的; （照相）姿势自然随便的; 白色的;
n.
乘人不备时拍下的照片, 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.
阀盖; (带子系于下巴的)童帽，旧式女帽; (车辆的)引擎盖;
oblivious
adj.
忘却的; 不知道; 未注意; 未察觉;
philosophical
adj.
哲学的; 达观的; 处乱不惊的;
teaser
n.
难题; 棘手的问题; 前导广告，悬念式广告(含蓄而引人好奇);
tantrum
n.
发脾气; (尤指儿童)耍脾气，使性子;
wrecker
n.
(对他人计划、关系等的)破坏者; 救险车;
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; 宣称的; 假托的;
putter
vi.
嘟嘟(或咕噜)作响;
n.
轻击球杆;
mediocrity
n.
平庸; 普通; 平常; 平庸之人; 碌碌无为者;
monoxide
n.
一氧化物;
Right-minded (adj.有正义感的; 正直的;
)purists will argue that anything less than(绝不) zero tolerance towards talented jerks is just pandering to people who behave badly. But right-minded purists will have skated over( 掠过; 轻率地处理; 滑过;
)paragraph three and are a scourge in their own right. Someone ought to write a management book about them.
pander
v.
(常指为谋私利而)迎合;
n.
拉皮条者; 勾引者; 帮人做坏事的人;
scourage
n.
天灾; 祸害; 祸根; 灾害; (旧时用作刑具的)鞭子;
vt.
鞭打; 折磨; 使受苦难; 使痛苦; 鞭笞;
