backstabbing['b?k'st?bi?]

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暗算（動名詞，非正式用語）

(gerund, INFORMAL) Malicious betrayal of friends and colleagues.

EXAMPLE: The ambitious young executive's notorious reputation for backstabbing hurt his business career because his colleagues did not trust him.

這位野心勃勃的年輕經理因暗算別人而臭名昭著，由于同事不信任，他損害了自己的職業生涯。

to take someone to task

嚴厲批評某人

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To criticize someone severely.

EXAMPLE: The sales manager will take his employees to task for forgetting the name of an important client.

這位銷售經理將會嚴厲批評他的員工，因為他們忘記了一位重要客戶的名字。