If they are afraid that this powerful person can do something they don't like, others might comply just to avoid the problem.

人们如果惧怕这个拥有权力的人会做出他们不愿看到的事情，就可能只是为避免发生上述事情而顺从他。

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A lot of the time I resent working is because I'm trying to force myself to do something I don't feel like doing.

在很多时候，我之所以讨厌工作，是因为我一直试图在我并不想要做事时强迫自己投入到工作中。

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Don't try to describe what the software change will specifically do, just leave it at something like, "Changing this software will result in an increased expense for sales."

不要尝试描述该软件变更会明确地做什么，只需使用类似如下的说明：“更改此软件将导致销售开支上升。”

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Some proteins can be switched from an 'off' position where they don't do anything to an 'on' position where they now do something by only a chemical reaction like this where a phosphorous is added.

一些蛋白质可以从关闭状态的,无所作为,到成为开启状态后,执行某种功能,中间只发生了一个引入磷酸基的化学反应

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And then when I had enough, I decided that it would be great to show them because people don't expect me to do something like this.

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"In a way that is fine - as long as we don't have to do something like that again, " he warns.

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