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競次，即打到底線的競爭;
例句
Although Ge ( GE) faced its own lawsuits alleging age and race discrimination, Welch has defended the grading, claiming it 's necessary to weed out bottom performers and that it' s kinder to eliminate employees before they hit the middle of their careers, when it is much tougher to change jobs.
盡管通用電氣公司自身也惹上了與年齡和種族歧視有關的官司，但韋爾奇辯護稱，淘汰業績墊底的員工是必要的舉措；讓員工在步入很難變換工作的職業生涯中期之前離職，是壹種更人性的做法。