WHEN Andrew Chadwick-Jones, a management consultant with Oliver Wyman in London, went to pitch to a private-equity firm late last year, he expected the usual: about 20 minutes and a brisk attitude.
去年年底,伦敦奥利弗•威曼管理咨询公司的安德鲁•查德威克•琼斯(Andrew Chadwick-Jones),前往一家私募公司展业时,他像往常那样预期:约20分钟的长度,不友善的态度。
Brisk Walking: Walking at the rate of about 4 MPH with energetic arm motion.
快走:用力摆动双臂行走,速度约为每小时4英里。
He owned, when driven into a corner, that he seemed to have been wrong about the crew, that some of them were as brisk as he wanted to see and all had behaved fairly well.
当他被逼问得无路可走时,他也可能承认他错怪了船员们,他们中一些人就像他想要看到的那样有于劲,而阻所有的人都表现得相当好。
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