1·If a manager's failed office romance forces him or her to focus more heavily on the work, his increasing demands on, for example, a pregnant underling could give her the grounds for a lawsuit.
如果经理因为自己办公室恋情的失败而强迫他或她能做更多的工作,要求也越来越多。例如,怀孕的下属就可以以此为由提起诉讼。
2·But it seems that the only line of communication that has not changed is between boss and underling.
但看上去唯一没有改变的,就是老板与下属的沟通方式。
3·Though modern jockeys are diminutive in size and this gives them an advantage of being light on a horses back, the meaning of “little man” was more along the lines of “commoner” or “underling.”
虽然现代的骑师通常都身材矮小,那将使他们在马背上更加轻盈,但“little man”的含义更类似于“平民”或“下属”。
4·Our healthy participants had a basically accurate visual image of their own body, but the brain's model of the hand underling position sense was highly distorted.
我们的健康参与者有一个对于自身身体基本精确的视觉图像,但是大脑对于手的下属方位感模型却高度失真。
5·He seemed to be master, not underling, now.
他现在显得象是个主人,不是个下属了。