经济学人:巴托比专栏--办公室恋情为何越来越少(2)

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Others issue guidelines such as the stipulation that employees should not allow a relationship with a colleague to influence their behaviour at work,
另一些公司则发布了一些行为准则，比如规定员工不应允许自己与同事的恋爱关系对工作行为产生影响，

and that they should disclose any relationship that might give rise to a conflict of interest.
并规定员工应披露可能导致利益冲突的关系。

These rules seem perfectly sensible, although they do involve a sacrifice of privacy.
这些规则看起来似乎很合理，尽管它们确实涉及到牺牲隐私。

Clearly there could still be problems if, for example, a purchasing manager was dating the salesperson at a supplier.
很明显，如果采购经理和供应商的销售人员约会，问题仍然存在。

But in most circumstances these romances avoid the potential problems of favouritism or abuse of power.
但在大多数情况下，这些恋情避免了潜在的徇私或滥用职权的问题。

Bartleby was fortunate enough to meet his spouse through his job 24 years ago (a period that proves Mrs Bartleby's infinite reserves of patience).
在24年前，笔者有幸通过工作认识了自己的配偶（这段时间证明了笔者的夫人有着无限的耐心）。

For that reason, this columnist can perhaps be forgiven for hoping that the office romance does not disappear completely.
因此，大家要原谅笔者，笔者希望办公室恋情不会完全消失。

Millions of happy couples have probably met by their desks or the coffee machine.
数百万对幸福的夫妇可能在办公桌旁或咖啡机旁相遇。

But they may have to be subtle about it: "Speak low if you speak love," as William Shakespeare wrote in "Much Ado About Nothing".
但他们可能不得不对此小心翼翼，正如威廉·莎士比亚在《无事生非》一书中所写的那样：“说爱就要小声点”。

That said, romance novels may need a bit of updating to cope with the post-pandemic era.
也就是说，浪漫小说可能需要进行一些更新，来应对疫情后的时代。

"Would you like to break the social-distance rules and join my bubble?" he whispered.
“你愿意打破社交距离规则，和我一起洗手吗？”他低声说。

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1.give rise to 造成，引起，导致

Low levels of choline in the body can give rise to high blood-pressure[qh]
体内胆碱水平过低会引起高血压)Od3,LDTByE#h。

2.cope with 对付，应对

This office's resources and staff would have to be increased to cope with the extra workload.
要应付额外的工作，必须增加这个办公室的资源和人手WF*B]nWF]bR]vAFCXv7。

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