May.24.2020
1-maternity leave 产假
paternity leave 陪产假
2-bonus 额外收获,意外收获,奖金,红利
The maternity leave bonus: an opportunity for business and personal growth
3-dual-career 双职工
Pippa Begg, Co-CEO of Board Intelligence, is part of a dual-career couple
4-tricky 难对付的,难以达成的
5-performance 绩效
Ambitious, performance-led and used to being in control, Begg found the adjustment to motherhood tricky.
6-astutely 精明的,敏锐的
7-discipline 行为准则
Astutely, Begg observes that her maternity leave enforced a discipline of sharing responsibility in her absence so that no one is reliant on a single individuality.
8-ethos (某团体的)精神,理念
9-fill one's shoes 填补空缺
As a growth business there was already an ethos towards continual progression and developing talent to fill your shoes, allowing space for the next challenge.
10-raise the stakes 增加风险/成功的可能性
Maternity leave just helped raise the stakes.
11-take time off 休假
Pippa took seven months off first time round, but stayed loosely in touch all the while.
12-peel sth off 放下,剥落
I had that absolutely heart-breaking moment where you peel your child off you kicking and screaming and you go for the train and you've got vomit on your left shoulder.
13-void 空白,空虚
14-take on 承担(工作,职责)
Begga's second emotion was huge gratitude to everyone who stepped up to fill the void and take on additional work.
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