乔布斯传 第633期:50岁的雄狮(5)

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Jobs was able to build a new management team that was less contentious¹ and a bit more subdued².

乔布斯建立起了一支新的管理团队，争议更少，服从更多。

Its main players, in addition to Cook and Ive, were Scott Forstall running iPhone software,

除了库克和艾弗，主要成员还包括：斯科特·福斯托，运营iPhone软件；

Phil Schiller in charge of marketing³, Bob Mansfield doing Mac hardware,

菲尔·席勒，负责市场营销；鲍勃·曼斯菲尔德，制作Mac硬件；

Eddy⁴ Cue handling Internet services, and Peter Oppenheimer as the chief financial officer.

埃迪·库埃，处理网络服务；以及彼得·奧本海默，担任首席财务官。

Even though there was a surface sameness to his top team

虽然这一顶级管理团队的成员看似一样：

all were middle-aged⁵ white males -- there was a range of styles.

都是中年白人男性，但他们风格各异。

Ive was emotional and expressive⁶; Cook was as cool as steel.

艾弗情绪化，富有表现力；库克如钢铁般冷静。

They all knew they were expected to be deferential⁷ to Jobs while also pushing back on his ideas and being willing to argue

他们都知道自己应该对乔布斯恭敬有加，但同时也需要反驳他的想法并乐于与之争论，

a tricky⁸ balance to maintain, but each did it well.

这个平衡很难拿捏，不过他们都做得很好。

"I realized very early that if you didn't voice your opinion, he would mow⁹ you down," said Cook.

库克说：“我很早就意识到，如果你不说出自己的意见，他就会把你赶走。

"He takes contrary positions to create more discussion, because it may lead to a better result.

他会采取对立的立场以激发更多讨论，因为这样做可能会带来更好的结果。

So if you don't feel comfortable disagreeing, then you'll never survive."

因此，如果你不习惯反对他的想法，那么就无法在苹果待下去。”

1 contentious   

adj.好辩的，善争吵的

参考例句：

• She was really not of the contentious fighting sort.她委实不是好吵好闹的人。
• Since then they have tended to steer clear of contentious issues.从那时起，他们总想方设法避开有争议的问题。

2 subdued   

adj. 屈服的，柔和的，减弱的 动词subdue的过去式和过去分词

参考例句：

• He seemed a bit subdued to me. 我觉得他当时有点闷闷不乐。
• I felt strangely subdued when it was all over. 一切都结束的时候，我却有一种奇怪的压抑感。

3 marketing   

n.行销，在市场的买卖，买东西

参考例句：

• They are developing marketing network.他们正在发展销售网络。
• He often goes marketing.他经常去市场做生意。

4 eddy   

n.漩涡，涡流

参考例句：

• The motor car disappeared in eddy of dust.汽车在一片扬尘的涡流中不见了。
• In Taylor's picture,the eddy is the basic element of turbulence.在泰勒的描述里，旋涡是湍流的基本要素。

5 middle-aged   

adj.中年的

参考例句：

• I noticed two middle-aged passengers.我注意到两个中年乘客。
• The new skin balm was welcome by middle-aged women.这种新护肤香膏受到了中年妇女的欢迎。

6 expressive   

adj.表现的，表达…的，富于表情的

参考例句：

• Black English can be more expressive than standard English.黑人所使用的英语可能比正式英语更有表现力。
• He had a mobile,expressive,animated face.他有一张多变的，富于表情的，生动活泼的脸。

7 deferential   

adj. 敬意的，恭敬的

参考例句：

• They like five-star hotels and deferential treatment.他们喜欢五星级的宾馆和毕恭毕敬的接待。
• I am deferential and respectful in the presence of artists.我一向恭敬、尊重艺术家。

8 tricky   

adj.狡猾的，奸诈的；(工作等)棘手的，微妙的

参考例句：

• I'm in a rather tricky position.Can you help me out?我的处境很棘手，你能帮我吗？
• He avoided this tricky question and talked in generalities.他回避了这个非常微妙的问题，只做了个笼统的表述。

9 mow   

v.割（草、麦等），扫射，皱眉；n.草堆，谷物堆

参考例句：

• He hired a man to mow the lawn.他雇人割草。
• We shall have to mow down the tall grass in the big field.我们得把大田里的高草割掉。