People avoid disagreeing outright with someone of a higher rank.

人们会避免直接与更高级别的人产生分歧。

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For example, people avoid disagreeing outright with someone of a higher rank.

例如，人们避免直截了当地与上级意见起冲突。

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The boss promoted him to a higher rank for his successful work.

因为他工作干得出色，老板给他晋升一级。

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Meanwhile, the Pentiums rank a touch higher with 3MB of L3 cache, HD graphics and processors that clock at 2.5GHz on the low end to 3.2GHz on the high end.

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You know, give me those stocks that offer a good track record of raising earnings and dividends and get a high-quality rank and that pay you a dividend that's higher than that for the overall market so I can get paid while I wait.

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