| 单词 | glass cliff |
| 释义 | glass cliff[ glas-klif ] / ˈglæs ˈklɪf / nouna situation in which a woman or minority has advanced professionally at a time when adverse circumstances or crises make it more likely for the person to fail at the job: Hired to boost sagging morale, the CEO is facing the edge of a glass cliff. Origin of glass cliffCoined in 2004 by Michelle K. Ryan (1948– ) and S. Alexander Haslan (1962– ), British psychologists, on the model of glass ceiling Words nearby glass cliffglass block, glassblowing, Glassboro, glass can, glass ceiling, glass cliff, glass curtain, glass cutter, glassed-in, glass eel, glasses Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 |
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