外刊精读打卡（外刊精读）

外刊精读打卡（外刊精读）constitute [ˈkɒnstɪtjuːt] v.组成prejudice [ˈpredʒudɪs] n. 偏见A bias towards the familiar shows up at work too.show up 体现One such prejudice is about what exactlyconstitutes work.

外刊精读——“游手好闲”也可以是在工作（2）

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Loafing can be work

A bias towards the familiar shows up at work too.

show up 体现

One such prejudice is about what exactlyconstitutes work.

prejudice [ˈpredʒudɪs] n. 偏见

constitute [ˈkɒnstɪtjuːt] v.组成

Being at a desk counts as work as does looking at a screen above a certain size.

being at a desk是主语，counts as （算作，视为）为谓语，work为宾语，as像.......一样， looking at是非谓语，a screen为宾语，above a certain size为介词短语

Responding to email and being in a meeting areindubitably forms of work.

indubitably [ɪnˈdjuːbɪtəbli] adv.毫无疑问地

So is any activity that might elicit sympathy if performed on the weekend -- typing taking a phone call from the boss opening any type of spreadsheet.

elicit [iˈlɪsɪt] vt.引起

spreadsheet [ˈspredʃiːt] n.电子表格;

This prejudice helps to explain worries about "proximity bias" the risk that white-collar employees who spend lots of time in the office are more likely to advance than remote workers who are less visible.

proximity [prɒkˈsɪməti] n.接近

white-collar employees 白领员工

advance [ədˈvɑːns]vt.前进，行进;(知识、技术等)发展，进步;促进;推动;预付;提出;提前;向前推（至下一步）;上涨(这里的引申义晋升）

remote [rɪˈməʊt] adj.远程的

That is because being inside an office building is itself something that counts as work.