lesson 12 上级和下级
the supervisor and the inferior
01 the boss felt free to tick off staff.
老板动辄责骂员工。
词组释义 tick off 责备，列举，简略地描述
02 the manager won the staff's follow by virtue of his leadership.
经理以他的领导才能赢得了全提职员的追随。
语法提要
staff的意思是“全提职员”，是一个集提名词， by virtue of 短语的意思是“以……赢得”。
03 the manager disapppanies, the rank relationships are sensitive.
类似表达
in some big companies, the relationship is very nervous between supervisors and inferiors.
10 we are not only the supervisor and the inferior, but cooperators.
我们不仅仅是上级和下级，还是合作者。
语法提要 not only... but also表示“不仅……而且……”，其中的also可以省略。
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