They shrug and say it's none of their business and won't act as go-betweens.
They don't want to be seen as officious busybodies.
The problem festers until the employee who's been victimized decides to quit.
■意味を考えてみよう。答えは以下で
go-between officious busybody fester victimize backbiter sourpuss goad someone along row the boat congenial companionable decency and dignity squarely in short order pay dividends get wind of attentive observe an office etiquette
────────────────────────────── go-between, 仲介者 ────────────────────────────── A go-between is a person who takes messages between people who are unable or unwilling to meet each other.
ex) He will act as a go-between to try and work out an agenda.
────────────────────────────── officious, 出しゃばりな、おせっかいな ────────────────────────────── If you describe someone as officious, you are critical of them because they are eager to tell people what to do when you think they should not.
ex) They wouldn't welcome any officious interference from the police.
────────────────────────────── busybody, おせっかい焼き、出しゃばり ────────────────────────────── If you refer to someone as a busybody, you are criticizing the way they interfere in other people's affairs. [INFORMAL]
ex) Some busybody tipped off the police, and they arrested someone.
────────────────────────────── fester, 悪化する、化膿する ────────────────────────────── If you say that a situation, problem, or feeling is festering, you disapprove of the fact that it is being allowed to grow more unpleasant or full of anger, because it is not being properly recognized or dealt with.
ex) Resentments are starting to fester.
────────────────────────────── victimize, 不当に差別する ────────────────────────────── If someone is victimized, they are deliberately treated unfairly.
ex) He felt the students had been victimized because they'd voiced opposition to the government.
────────────────────────────── その他にも、次も押さえておきたい。[誌面の都合上省略] ★は重要表現 ────────────────────────────── backbiter, 陰口をきく人 sourpuss, 不愉快な人、ひねくれ者 goad someone along, (人)をかり立てる row the boat, 仕事をする、船をこぐ congenial, 気性のあった companionable, 気さくな、打ち解けた、親しみのこもった decency and dignity, 礼節と品位 squarely, きちんと、正面から in short order, 早急に、迅速に pay dividends, 配当がつく、利益を生む、役立つ get wind of, …のうわさをかぎつける attentive, 気を使う observe an office etiquette, オフィスエチケットを守る
"NHKラジオ ビジネス英会話 Be Nice (4) 11/12-13 2007"
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