That's because rather than indulging employees or neglecting them, ethical leaders communicate very direct and clear expectations.

这是因为有道德的领导会（向员工）传达非常直接和明确的期望，而不是纵容或忽视他们。

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She is very direct. I tend to be more diplomatic, I suppose.

她很直率。我觉得我更圆通些。

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I am very direct in my speech, and for that reason, people intuitively trust me.

我说话非常直截了当，所以人们会不假思索地信任我。

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The environmentalist Paul Hawken had a very direct message for graduates at the University of Portland in Oregon.

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This is one very direct way for that to happen.

这是一种非常直接的途径

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It's very direct, yet very soft.

这样的说法显得直接而又不失柔和。

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He said the Nottinghamshire MP is "very direct in his dealings and very amiable".

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"It's just different from the West, where people are very direct with what they say, " he says.

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"We'll go at each other for a while--a few weeks, oh, yes, " says a very direct Nooyi.

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