198. But if two or three candidates are up for a promotion, each of whom has reasonably similar ability, a manager is going to promote the person he or she likes best.
譯文
但是。如果有兩三個(gè)人都是升職的考慮對(duì)象，而且每個(gè)人的能力相差無(wú)幾，那么經(jīng)理就會(huì)提拔他或她最喜歡的那個(gè)人。
點(diǎn)睛
本句的主干是a manager is going to promote the person。if引導(dǎo)條件狀語(yǔ)從句，其中whom引導(dǎo)的定語(yǔ)從句修飾candidates。
candidate意為“候選人”。如：
She had been nominated as candidate for the presidency. 她已被提名為總統(tǒng)候選人。
reasonably意為“適度地；相當(dāng)?shù)?rdquo;。如：
Generally speaking, she behaved very reasonably. 總體看來(lái)，她舉止極為得體。
考點(diǎn)歸納
up一詞含義豐富，包括：
作副詞，意為“向上；到（較高的地方，北方）”。如：
1) She is going up to Oxford in October. 她在10月份要上牛津大學(xué)。
2) His home is up in the North. 他的家在北方。
此外，up也表示“向目的地”或“向說(shuō)話人所在地”。如：
The bus conductor came up to me. 公共汽車售票員朝著我走過(guò)來(lái)。
作介詞，意為“向上”。如：
They sailed up the river. 他們向河的上游駛?cè)ァ?/div>
