It's a simple term that encapsulates the fact that relationships at work can reasonably be non-intimate, inconsequential, unimportant and even, dare I say it, disposable or substitutable.

这是一个简单的术语，概括了以下事实：工作中的关系可以合理地是非亲密的，无关紧要的，不重要的，甚至可以说是可抛弃的或可替代的。

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"They have both, " said she, "been deceived, I dare say, in some way or other, of which we can form no idea. Interested people have perhaps misrepresented each to the other.

吉英说：“我认为他们双方都受了人家的蒙蔽，至于是怎样受到蒙蔽的，我们当然无从猜测，也许是哪一个有关的人从中挑拨是非。

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At this time they can play games, such as, play CARDS and Truth Or Dare.

这个时候他们可以一起玩游戏，比如，打牌，真心话大冒险。

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In both industries, though, scrabbling frantically for retail sales will fail when the consumers know they can rent (or, dare I say, pirate) the product elsewhere and the appearance of bullying consumers into buying at hardcover prices is highly unlikely to give readers a sense of compassion for beleaguered publishers.

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