They may be stubborn, risk adverse, conflict adverse -- meaning they need to be liked by everyone (even employees and vendors who can't do their jobs).

他们性格可能很顽固、不愿接受风险、不愿陷入冲突——也就是说他们必需被每个人所喜欢（甚至那些做不好自己本职工作的雇员和销售者）。

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If people believe that your praise is based on the fact that they are smart it can create risk adverse behavior, have quite the opposite effect that you want.

如果人们相信你的表扬是基于他们的聪明程度，这将会产生相反行为的风险，结果产生与你想要的完全相反的效果。

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This will increase the number of people at risk of adverse health effects from indoor air pollution.

这会使面临室内空气污染导致的不良健康影响的危险人数出现上升。

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Perhaps replacing short-term risk adverse behaviors with long-term managerial courage could do the economy some good.

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Of course, most employees are heavily dependent upon their employers for financial sustenance and are risk adverse.

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