赞同不赞同？这10大职场“怪”现象

 　　?Everything can be filed under "miscellaneous."

　　任何事都能归为“杂事”。

　　?There is never enough time to do it right the first time, but there is always enough time to do it over.

　　永远没有足够的时间在第一次就把事情做好，但永远有足够的时间把事情再做一遍。

　　?If it wasn't for the last minute, nothing would get done.

　　如果不是紧急到最后限期，什么事情都做不了。

　　?The more pretentious¹ a corporate² name, the smaller the organization.

　　公司名称越做作，公司规模越小。

　　?The longer the title, the less important the job.

　　职位名称越长，工作内容越无关要紧。

　　?At work, the authority of a person is inversely³ proportional to the number of pens that person is carrying.

　　职场中，一个人的权威性跟他身上所带的钢笔数量成反比。

　　?No one gets sick on Wednesdays.

　　没有人会在星期三生病。

　　?Machines that have broken down will work perfectly⁴ when the repairman arrives.

　　坏掉的机器总会在修理人员到场的时候顺利地运作起来。

　　?All vacations and holidays create problems, except for one's own.

　　所有假期都会产生或多或少的问题，除非假期是一人独享。

　　?Success is just a matter of luck, just ask any failure.

　　成功只是运气好，问问失败者就知道。

1 pretentious   

adj.自命不凡的，自负的，炫耀的

参考例句：

• He is a talented but pretentious writer.他是一个有才华但自命不凡的作家。
• Speaking well of yourself would only make you appear conceited and pretentious.自夸只会使你显得自负和虚伪。

2 corporate   

adj.共同的，全体的；公司的，企业的

参考例句：

• This is our corporate responsibility.这是我们共同的责任。
• His corporate's life will be as short as a rabbit's tail.他的公司的寿命是兔子尾巴长不了。

3 inversely   

adj.相反的

参考例句：

• Pressure varies directly with temperature and inversely with volume. 压力随温度成正比例变化，与容积成反比例变化。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The amount of force needed is inversely proportional to the rigidity of the material. 需要的力度与材料的硬度成反比。 来自《简明英汉词典》

4 perfectly   

adv.完美地，无可非议地，彻底地

参考例句：

• The witnesses were each perfectly certain of what they said.证人们个个对自己所说的话十分肯定。
• Everything that we're doing is all perfectly above board.我们做的每件事情都是光明正大的。