The longest list of words

05:56 Feb 7, 2013
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English to Chinese translations [PRO]
Bus/Financial - Management / meaning quotient
English term or phrase: The longest list of words
While IQ and EQ are absolutely necessary to create the conditions for peak performance, they are far from sufficient. {The longest list of words} we have compiled from executives’ answers to our peak-performance question over the last ten years has little to do with either of these categories. This third one describes the peak-performance experience as involving high stakes; excitement; a challenge; and something that the individual feels matters, will make a difference, and hasn’t been done before. We describe this third category as the meaning quotient (MQ) of work. When a business environment’s MQ is low, employees put less energy into their work and see it as “just a job” that gives them little more than a paycheck.
clearwater
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Summary of answers provided
4长篇大论
Ying Li
4最长的讲话目录
Teplocteur
3词汇列表惊人的长
Wen-zhe (Clyde) Ye


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4 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
the longest list of words
词汇列表惊人的长


Explanation:
这里 the longest 是主观的观点,而不是一般客观的描述。也就是说这个 最长 是对于作者而言,并非真的 最长。这个用法和 for the longest time 相近,在特定的语境里指的是 "for what seemed like a very long time", "for a surprisingly long time"。

这里可以译作 从……答案中收集汇编而成的词汇列表惊人的长,并且……

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Note added at 4 hrs (2013-02-07 10:51:57 GMT)
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或 出乎意料的长

Wen-zhe (Clyde) Ye
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7 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
the longest list of words
长篇大论


Explanation:
意思就是指篇幅很长……。

Ying Li
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13 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
the longest list of words
最长的讲话目录


Explanation:
The longest list of words we have compiled from...
我们从······整理出的最长的讲话目录

Teplocteur
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