外刊聽讀| 經(jīng)濟學人 美國上班族躺平
2022-10-07 15:32 作者:愛睡懶覺的Nick船長 | 我要投稿

Loud about quiet quitting
Related word
- go above and beyond 做到極致
- hustle 強行,硬干 eg. Time not spent hustling at work can be better spent playing with a bubble machine and admiring trees.
- prioritise work-life balance
- all-nighter ≈ burn the midnight oil 挑燈夜戰(zhàn),通宵學習
- burn out/ burn yourself/sb out 積勞成疾 eg. do enough to get their job done without succumbing to burnout.
- garner(=obtain = collect) 3.5 million 350萬人觀看
- get ahead in the workplace 在工作中嶄露頭角
- be on the highest rung of a career ladder 職業(yè)階梯的最高層
- monetary incentive 貨幣刺激
- land a bigger pay cheque 高工資
- corner-office 主管
Vocabulary
- anodyne adj = unlikely to cause disagreement or offend anyone, 不得罪人,溫和的
- resonance n 引起共鳴的力量
- detach yourself (from sb/sth) = leave yourself from sb/sth 擺脫,掙脫
- at first glance 乍一看
- ground = good or true reson for saying ground for sth/ for doing sth 充分的理由
- make up 性格本意
- as though = as if 仿佛
- to gin up 激起
- discombobulate 使混亂
- kerfuffle 不必要的騷動和騷亂
- alienate sb from sth/sb = make sb feel that they do not belong in a particular group 使(與某群體)格格不入,使疏遠
- to the bone 影響深刻的
Nice sentence
- (形容躺平的狀態(tài))In all workplaces, emplyees show varying degrees of commitment to their jobs. Some work late, a few leave at 5 o'clock, others seem to do little more than respire. The nature of the work also matters: it is easier to be engaged by some jobs than others. It is unsurprising, as well, that quiet quitting has a particular resonance now. Lots of employees feel detached from their work.
- (為什么躺平-努力工作不一定能拿到高工資)The bargin of hard work for higher pay is less attractive than it once was. A succession of big shocks, from the financial crisis in 2008 to the pandemic, has made career planning seem pointless that higher salaries go less far in many places and housing affordability is at its lowest level on record. It's a blow to anyone who thinks that the prospect of landiing a bigger pay cheaque is all takes to gin up willd enthusiasm(獲得更多薪酬前景就能激發(fā)出瘋狂熱情). All of which may make some workers less motivated to pull all-nighters in search of a promotion.
- (老板們不喜歡躺平)For many chief executives, it may well feel as though the ground is shifting in new and disturbing ways. These are individuals who almost certainly want to be on the highest rung of career ladder, who are heavily influenced by monetary incentives and who have made work their life. Quiet quitting is simply not in their make-up.
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