#每天读一段《经济学人》# #读书笔记#
The Overstretched CEO过度紧张的首席执行官
Companies are increasingly caught up in governments’ competing aims. What to do?
公司越来越多地陷入政府的竞争目标中。该怎么办？
◎ overstretched: adj.过度伸展；超出承受能力的
◎ be caught up in: 卷入：指无意中被卷入某种情况或事件中，通常是负面的。
来源：The Economist Jul 27th 2023
Chief executives have long had to be contortionists, balancing the needs of employees, suppliers and above all shareholders while staying within the limits set by governments. But the twisting and stretching is now more fiendish than ever. The world is becoming dangerous and disorderly as governments try to manipulate corporate behaviour. Global companies and their bosses find themselves being pulled in all directions.
长期以来，首席执行官们一直是柔术演员，在保持政府规定的限度同时，平衡员工、供应商和最重要的股东们的需求。但现在，这种扭曲和拉伸比以往任何时候都更加残忍。随着政府试图操纵企业行为，世界正变得危险而无序。跨国公司及其老板发现自己被拉向了各个方向。
◎contortionist：n.柔术演员
◎above all：尤其，首先
after all：毕竟
all in all：总之
◎fiendish：adj.恶魔似的，残忍的
◎disorderly：adj.混乱的，无秩序的
◎manipulate：v.操纵，摆布
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