Uber管理层再生动荡 总裁杰夫·琼斯离职

 　　Uber president Jeff Jones is leaving the company after less than six months.

　　工作还未满6个月的Uber总裁杰夫·琼斯将要离开这家公司了。

　　A source at the taxi booking app told the BBC the resignation was "completely unexpected".

　　来自这个出租车预约应用的相关人士向BBC透露，这是“始料未及”的。

　　They said Mr Jones was frustrated¹ the company was hiring a new chief operating officer and that he was not among the candidates.

　　他们表示，对于公司雇用了新的COO而自己并未入选这件事，琼斯感到很有挫败感。

　　Uber管理层再生动荡 总裁杰夫·琼斯离职

　　But according to technology news site Recode, Mr Jones left because of Uber's continued struggle with issues around sexism and sexual harassment².

　　但是根据技术新闻网站Recode表示，琼斯选择离开是因为Uber饱受性别歧视与性骚扰问题。

　　Uber said in a statement: "We want to thank Jeff for his six months at the company and wish him all the best."

　　Uber方面则在一则声明中表示：“我们想要感谢杰夫这六个月为公司带来的一切，同时也祝愿他一切安好。”

　　Uber has suffered a spate³ of controversies⁴ in 2017, the most serious being ongoing⁵ rows over a culture of sexism, and accusations⁶ of sexual harassment at the firm.

　　2017年，Uber经受了一系列的争议，最饱受诟病的是其性别歧视文化，以及公司遭受到的有关性骚扰的指控。

1 frustrated   

adj.挫败的，失意的，泄气的v.使不成功( frustrate的过去式和过去分词 )；挫败；使受挫折；令人沮丧

参考例句：

• It's very easy to get frustrated in this job. 这个工作很容易令人懊恼。
• The bad weather frustrated all our hopes of going out. 恶劣的天气破坏了我们出行的愿望。 来自《简明英汉词典》

2 harassment   

n.骚扰，扰乱，烦恼，烦乱

参考例句：

• She often got telephone harassment at night these days.这些天她经常在夜晚受到电话骚扰。
• The company prohibits any form of harassment.公司禁止任何形式的骚扰行为。

3 spate   

n.泛滥，洪水，突然的一阵

参考例句：

• Police are investigating a spate of burglaries in the area.警察正在调查这一地区发生的大量盗窃案。
• Refugees crossed the border in full spate.难民大量地越过了边境。

4 controversies   

争论

参考例句：

• We offer no comment on these controversies here. 对于这些争议，我们在这里不作任何评论。 来自英汉非文学 - 历史
• The controversies surrounding population growth are unlikely to subside soon. 围绕着人口增长问题的争论看来不会很快平息。 来自辞典例句

5 ongoing   

adj.进行中的，前进的

参考例句：

• The problem is ongoing.这个问题尚未解决。
• The issues raised in the report relate directly to Age Concern's ongoing work in this area.报告中提出的问题与“关心老人”组织在这方面正在做的工作有直接的关系。

6 accusations   

n.指责( accusation的名词复数 )；指控；控告；（被告发、控告的）罪名

参考例句：

• There were accusations of plagiarism. 曾有过关于剽窃的指控。
• He remained unruffled by their accusations. 对于他们的指控他处之泰然。