不为人知的"办公室政治"

 　　办公室政治，对有些人来说是一个禁忌词汇，但在工作场合它却不可回避。简单说来，它就是职场上人与人的不同：观念的差异、利益的冲突都可以看成是办公室政治的表现。它等于人与人之间的交流和关系。

　　Grapevine

　　像葡萄藤般传播的传闻/小道消息

　　The process through which information gets spread unofficially throughout the company. Can be word of mouth, email, or even a hand-written piece of paper. In most companies, news, rumors², gossip and information can spread to hundreds or thousands of employees in a very short time。

　　信息在公司内迅速非正式传播的过程。这些信息可以通过口头、电子邮件、甚至是文字形式传播。在很多公司里，新闻、谣言、闲言碎语，还有各种信息可以在很短的时间内传到几百或几千个职员的耳朵里。

　　Brown-nosing/kissing up/sucking up

　　拍马屁

　　Being overly friendly with the boss, or upper management, or anybody with some power or control, with the intent of getting favors from them, such as promotions³, raises, bonuses, etc. In many cases, it is possible that there are other employees who merit these advantages more than the brown-noser。

　　与老板、上层管理人员或任何握有权力的人过于亲近，为了讨好他们以获得类似于提拔或多分红利之类的好 处。可是，在很多情况下，其他的员工比这些拍马屁者更有可能获得这些好处。

　　Back-biting

　　诽谤

　　Malicious⁴ talk that undermines someone's reputation or unfairly criticizes someone's work when they're not around。

　　在背后诋毁别人声誉或对别人的工作做出不公正的批评。

　　Gossip

　　闲言碎语

　　Loose talk to disclose something, often of questionable⁵ veracity⁶, that is better kept to oneself. Can involve talking about an individual, a group, company issues. Can be business-related or personal。

　　对不便于传出的事情的闲谈，往往有失客观性。谈论的对象可以是个人，一个集体，或者是公司事务。内容可以是与工作有关或者是与私人有关。

　　Rumors

　　传言

　　Similar to gossip, but usually more based on some factual element or half-truth。

　　与闲言碎语相近，但比较起来更多是建立在一些事实或半事实的基础上。

　　Rumor¹ mongering

　　散布谣言

　　Spreading a rumor with malicious intent。

　　不怀好意地散播谣言。

　　Peer-to-peer

　　同事之间

　　Gossip, rumors, information-spreading, etc. that takes place among employees of the same rank。

　　那些发生在同事之间的闲言碎语、谣言、信息等的传播。

　　Cliques⁷

　　小集团

　　Group of employees who stick together bound by common beliefs, interests, and/or personalities⁸. They are usually resistant⁹ to allowing outsiders in who they feel are different from them。

　　一组员工因共同的信仰、兴趣或性格而结集在一起。他们通常排斥那些与他们格格不入的外人的加入。

　　Kiss a lot of frogs

　　搞特殊关系

　　Colloquial¹⁰ term used to describe an upwardly ambitious and aggressive person who wants to climb the ladder by having questionable relationships。

　　俗语，用于形容那些想通过不正当关系向上爬的野心十足的人。

　　Scandal

　　公众丑闻

　　Involves something damaging to the company or staff that was previously¹¹ hidden and comes to light。

　　那些先前被隐瞒的有损于公司或员工的秘密后来被暴光。

1 rumor   

n.谣言，谣传，传说

参考例句：

• The rumor has been traced back to a bad man.那谣言经追查是个坏人造的。
• The rumor has taken air.谣言流传开了。

2 rumors   

n.传闻( rumor的名词复数 )；[古]名誉；咕哝；[古]喧嚷v.传闻( rumor的第三人称单数 )；[古]名誉；咕哝；[古]喧嚷

参考例句：

• Rumors have it that the school was burned down. 有谣言说学校给烧掉了。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Rumors of a revolt were afloat. 叛变的谣言四起。 来自《简明英汉词典》

3 promotions   

促进( promotion的名词复数 )； 提升； 推广； 宣传

参考例句：

• All services or promotions must have an appeal and wide application. 所有服务或促销工作都必须具有吸引力和广泛的适用性。
• He promptly directed the highest promotions and decorations for General MacArthur. 他授予麦克阿瑟将军以最高的官阶和勋奖。

4 malicious   

adj.有恶意的，心怀恶意的

参考例句：

• You ought to kick back at such malicious slander. 你应当反击这种恶毒的污蔑。
• Their talk was slightly malicious.他们的谈话有点儿心怀不轨。

5 questionable   

adj.可疑的，有问题的

参考例句：

• There are still a few questionable points in the case.这个案件还有几个疑点。
• Your argument is based on a set of questionable assumptions.你的论证建立在一套有问题的假设上。

6 veracity   

n.诚实

参考例句：

• I can testify to this man's veracity and good character.我可以作证，此人诚实可靠品德良好。
• There is no reason to doubt the veracity of the evidence.没有理由怀疑证据的真实性。

7 cliques   

n.小集团，小圈子，派系( clique的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• All traitorous persons and cliques came to no good end. 所有的叛徒及叛徒集团都没好下场。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• They formed cliques and carried arms expansion and war preparations. 他们拉帮结派，扩军备战。 来自互联网

8 personalities   

n. 诽谤，（对某人容貌、性格等所进行的）人身攻击； 人身攻击；人格, 个性, 名人( personality的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• There seemed to be a degree of personalities in her remarks.她话里有些人身攻击的成分。
• Personalities are not in good taste in general conversation.在一般的谈话中诽谤他人是不高尚的。

9 resistant   

adj.(to)抵抗的，有抵抗力的

参考例句：

• Many pests are resistant to the insecticide.许多害虫对这种杀虫剂有抵抗力。
• They imposed their government by force on the resistant population.他们以武力把自己的统治强加在持反抗态度的人民头上。

10 colloquial   

adj.口语的，会话的

参考例句：

• It's hard to understand the colloquial idioms of a foreign language.外语里的口头习语很难懂。
• They have little acquaintance with colloquial English. 他们对英语会话几乎一窍不通。

11 previously   

adv.以前，先前（地）

参考例句：

• The bicycle tyre blew out at a previously damaged point.自行车胎在以前损坏过的地方又爆开了。
• Let me digress for a moment and explain what had happened previously.让我岔开一会儿，解释原先发生了什么。