day 55bosses and promotions

bosses and promotions

Talk about bosses, promotions, pay and staffing, and say someone just keeps doing one thing, blindly, with 一味.

today’s words

• 人選 rénxuǎn · candidate (for a post)
• 上司 shàngsī · boss, superior
• 資深 zīshēn · senior, experienced
• 贊助 zànzhù · sponsor
• 資助 zīzhù · fund, support financially
• 謀生 móushēng · make a living
• 人手 rénshǒu · staff, hands (people to work)
• 首席 shǒuxí · chief, principal
• 提拔 tíbá · promote (sb)
• 重用 zhòngyòng · give sb an important role
• 報酬 bàochóu · pay, payment (for work)
• 處分 chǔfèn · punishment; discipline
• 分擔 fēndān · share (a burden)
• 獎賞 jiǎngshǎng · reward, prize
• 事宜 shìyí · matters, arrangements
• 扣除 kòuchú · deduct
• 淡季 dànjì · low season, off season
• 旺季 wàngjì · high season, busy season
• 辭 cí · resign, quit; take leave
• 雇 gù · hire, employ
• 前提 qiántí · precondition, premise
• 一味 yīwèi · blindly, just keep on (doing)

sentences

• 他一味地追求便宜，結果買到了壞的。 · He only ever went for the cheapest, and ended up with something broken.
• 父母不能一味地批評孩子。 · Parents shouldn’t just criticise their children all the time.
• 這次活動由一家銀行贊助。 · This event is sponsored by a bank.
• 這家公司每年資助五十個學生念大學。 · Every year this company funds fifty students through university.
• 他把公司的機密說出去，受到了處分。 · He leaked company secrets and was disciplined.