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Everybody loves a fat pay rise. Yet pleasure at your own can vanish if you learn that a colleague has been given a bigger one. Indeed, if he has a reputation for slacking, you might even be outraged. Such behaviour is regarded as “all too human”, with the underlying assumption that other animals would not be capable of this finely developed sense of grievance. But a study by Sarah Brosnan and Frans de Waal of Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia, which has just been published in Nature, suggests that it is all too monkey, as well.
译文：每个人都喜欢薪水大涨。但是当你知道一个同事比你涨了更多的薪水，你的快乐会转瞬即逝。确实，如果他因懒惰出名，你甚至会感到愤怒。这种行为被看作“人之常情”。言下之意就是其他动物不可能有这种高度发达的不满的感觉。但是， 佐治亚州亚特兰大市的埃默里大学的萨拉.布罗南和弗朗斯.德瓦尔刚刚在《自然》上发表的研究表明：这也是“猴之常情”。
a fat pay rise
薪水大涨
反义词组：slender wage微薄的收入
vanish
v.转瞬即逝；消失
近义词：disappear；dissolve；die away
colleague
n.同事; 同僚; 同人;
近义词：co-worker；workmate；fellow；yokefellow；comrade
co-
1. 表示"共同";"一起"(如:co-ed)
2. 表示"相互";"同等"(如:co-counselling)
3. 表示"联合";"伙伴"(如:cooperation)
co-exist共存
co-worker同事
cooperate合作
league
n.联盟, 同盟
近义词：alliance；coalition；federation；union
have/has a reputation for sth.
有...的名声
同义短语：be famous/renowned/known for;be representative/characteristic/typical of 有......的典型/特点
形近短语：have/has a gift/talent for有...的天赋
reputation n.名誉；名声
近义词：fame;prestige
slack
vi.懈怠; 怠惰; 偷懒;
outraged
adj.生气的；愤怒的
近义词:angry;furious;enraged;infuriated
outrage
vt.使震怒; 激怒
近义词；enrage；infuriate；anger
be regarded as
被认为是
同义短语：be see/view as;be thought to be
all too human
人之常情
形近短语：all too well记忆犹新；all too often经常
underlying assumption
言下之意
underlie
vt.构成…的基础; 作为…的原因;
under-
1.在...下或内 eg：underground
2.不足，不够 eg：underproduction
3.副，次 eg：undersecretary
understand v.理解
undergo vt.经历; 经受(变化、不快的事等);
undertake v.承担; 从事; 负责; 承诺; 允诺; 答应;
undermine vt. 破坏; 逐渐削弱(信心、权威等); 使逐步减少效力; 从根基处破坏; 挖…的墙脚;
underdeveloped adj.欠发达的
asumption n.假定; 假设; (责任的)承担; 担任; (权力的)获得;
assume v.假定; 假设; 认为; 承担(责任); 就(职); 取得(权力); 呈现(外观、样子); 显露(特征); 装出;
sume-sumption
类似变化；presume-presumption；consume-consumption；resume-resumption
resume 做动词时是重新开始，读音为[rɪˈzjuːm]
名词为简历，来源于法语，有时可以在e上加闭音符号，写成resumé。读音为[ˈrezuˌmeɪ]
grivance
n.冤屈; 委屈; 抱怨; 不平的事; 牢骚;
近义词：discontent
grief
n.悲伤; (尤指因某人去世引起的)悲痛; 伤心; 伤心事; 担心; 忧虑;
grief over sth.对...感到悲伤
suggest
v. 建议; 提议; 推荐; 举荐; 使想到; 使认为; 表明; 暗示;
