經濟學人精讀 | Office politics（接上文）

2020-09-13 英語學習筆記

（接上文）

The disagreement reflects uncertainty about how effective social distancing will be and how long it will take before a covid-19 vaccine is widely available. But it is about more than that: the pandemic has revealed just how many offices were being run as relics of the 20th century, even as it triggered the mass-adoption of technologies that can transform white-collar work. As a result the covid calamity will prompt a long-overdue phase of technological and social experimentation, neither business as usual nor a fatal blow to the office. This era holds promise but also brings threats, not least to companies』 cultures. Instead of resisting change, governments need to update antiquated employment laws and begin reimagining city centres.

social distancing 指「保持社交距離」，也就是疫情期間我們在做的措施之一。

available 意思是「可獲得的」

run 這裡的意思是「經營，管理」

relic 意思是「遺物，遺蹟」

trigger 意思是「引起」

white-collar 就是指「白領的，腦力勞動的」，與此對應的還有blue-collar（藍領的，從事體力勞動的）

calamity 意思是「災難」

prompt 意思是「促使，導致」

overdue 意思是「早該發生的」

neither……nor……意思是「既不……也不」

blow 用作名詞，意思是「打擊」，a fatal blow 意思是致命的打擊

hold 意思是「擁有，持有」，這句話是說，這個時代充滿希望但是也存在威脅。

resist 意思「抵制」，這裡是說不要抵制變革。

update 意思是「更新」，比如更新手機系統，更新軟體等，也可以說update

antiquated 意思是「過時的，陳舊的」

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