精英翻譯社轉自 https://features.ltn.com.tw/english/article/paper/1496552
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Company executives are beginning to consider different permanent work models for their employees as the coronavirus pandemic, and the spread of the Omicron variant destabilize their latest return-to-office plans.
這場新型冠狀病毒疫情以及Omicron變種病毒株的擴散,打亂了企業最新的重返辦公室上班計畫,企業高階主管開始思考讓員工採用其他的常態工作模式。
With Omicron so new, companies are struggling to understand how the variant might affect their operations and profits.
由於Omicron是新出現的變種病毒,各公司正努力了解這型變種病毒株會對其營運和獲利產生何種影響。
Most have taken a wait-and-see stance as they weigh how fast the variant may spread and its potential harmfulness.
大多數企業採取觀望態度,一邊衡量該病毒株傳播多快和可能造成多大危害。
The prospect of a fast-spreading variant has raised fears of a return of the sort of restrictions that shut down a swath of industries in 2020. (Reuters)
變種病毒株快速傳播的可能性,已令人擔心可能會恢復實施2020年導致大批產業停擺的限制措施。(路透)
新聞辭典
throw a (monkey) wrench in something:片語,破壞或從中阻撓某事的進行。例句:A snow storm threw a wrench in our travel plans.(一場暴風雪打亂我們的旅程規劃。)
wait-and-see:片語,等著看,觀望。例句:There’s nothing we can do for now, so we just have to take a wait-and-see strategy.(目前我們無能為力,只好採取觀望策略。)
prospect:名詞,可能性,設想。例句:The prospects for peace are becoming dimmer.(和平的前景愈來愈黯淡。)
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