有如赫尔曼·梅尔维尔(Herman Melville)笔下的《录事巴托比(Bartleby the Scrivener)》,妲卡拉在德勤(Deloitte,国际四大会计师事务所之一)的一间办公室上班,有一天她只是简单地停下来不去工作了。
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...,自己正按课程安排给新学员讲授美国小说家梅尔维尔(Herman Melville,1819-1891)的《录事巴多拜》(“Bartleby the Scrivener”)与比尔斯(Ambrose Bierce,1842-1914)的《有一种军官》(“One Kind of Officer”)两个短篇小说。
权威例句
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Feeling like BartlebytheScrivener by that point, I told him that I would prefer not to.
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Upon an increase in his business, the lawyer hires a third scrivener, the sedate, quiet Bartleby, in the hope that his placidity will counterbalance the disturbances caused by his two other workers.
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The lawyer relocates his business, hoping to rid himself of Bartleby, but soon the tenants in his former office come seeking his help: Thescrivener refuses to leave, insisting on sleeping in the building's front doorway.