乔布斯传 第666期:2008战役(9)

Campbell treasured his friendship with Jobs,

坎贝尔很珍视他跟乔布斯的友谊，

and he didn't want to have any fiduciary¹ duty to violate his privacy, so he offered to step down as a director.

他不想因所承担的任何诚信责任而去侵犯乔布斯的隐私，因此他提出辞去董事职务。

"The privacy side is so important to me," he later said. "He's been my friend for about a million years."

“保护他的隐私对我非常重要，”他后来说，“我们是一百万年的朋友了。”

The lawyers eventually determined² that Campbell didn't need to resign from the board but that he should step aside as co-lead director.

律师团最终决定，坎贝尔无需辞去董事会职务，但是不应继续担任联合首席董事。

He was replaced in that role by Andrea Jung of Avon.

雅芳总裁钟彬娴接替了这一职位。

The SEC investigation³ ended up going nowhere, and the board circled the wagons⁴ to protect Jobs from calls that he release more information.

证券交易委员会的调查无果而终，董事会也齐心协力保护乔布斯免受那些让他公开更多信息的要求。

"The press wanted us to blurt⁵ out more personal details," recalled Al Gore⁶.

“媒体希望我们能透露更多个人细节，”阿尔·戈尔回忆说。

"It was really up to Steve to go beyond what the law requires,

“应该由史蒂夫来决定是否需要提供超出法律要求的信息，

but he was adamant⁷ that he didn't want his privacy invaded. His wishes should be respected."

但是他非常坚决地认为他不希望自己的隐私受到侵犯。他的愿望应该得到尊重。”

When I asked Gore whether the board should have been more forthcoming at the beginning of 2009,

我问戈尔，2009年初董事会是否应该提供更多信息，

when Jobs's health issues were far worse than shareholders⁸ were led to believe, he replied,

当时乔布斯的健康问题比股东们被误导去相信的状况要严重得多，他回答说，

"We hired outside counsel to do a review of what the law required and what the best practices were, and we handled it all by the book.

“我们聘请了外部律师去研究法律规定和最佳做法，然后我们完全是按章行事。

I sound defensive⁹, but the criticism really pissed me off."

我说起来像是在辩解，但那些批评真的让我烦透了。”

1 fiduciary   

adj.受托的，信托的

参考例句：

• A company director owes a fiduciary duty to the company.公司董事应对公司负责受托人责任。
• He was acting in a fiduciary capacity.他以受托人身份行为。

2 determined   

adj.坚定的；有决心的

参考例句：

• I have determined on going to Tibet after graduation.我已决定毕业后去西藏。
• He determined to view the rooms behind the office.他决定查看一下办公室后面的房间。

3 investigation   

n.调查，调查研究

参考例句：

• In an investigation,a new fact became known, which told against him.在调查中新发现了一件对他不利的事实。
• He drew the conclusion by building on his own investigation.他根据自己的调查研究作出结论。

4 wagons   

n.四轮的运货马车( wagon的名词复数 )；铁路货车；小手推车

参考例句：

• The wagons were hauled by horses. 那些货车是马拉的。
• They drew their wagons into a laager and set up camp. 他们把马车围成一圈扎起营地。

5 blurt   

vt.突然说出，脱口说出

参考例句：

• If you can blurt out 300 sentences,you can make a living in America.如果你能脱口而出300句英语，你可以在美国工作。
• I will blurt out one passage every week.我每星期要脱口而出一篇短文！

6 gore   

n.凝血，血污；v.（动物）用角撞伤，用牙刺破；缝以补裆；顶

参考例句：

• The fox lay dying in a pool of gore.狐狸倒在血泊中奄奄一息。
• Carruthers had been gored by a rhinoceros.卡拉瑟斯被犀牛顶伤了。

7 adamant   

adj.坚硬的，固执的

参考例句：

• We are adamant on the building of a well-off society.在建设小康社会这一点上，我们是坚定不移的。
• Veronica was quite adamant that they should stay on.维罗妮卡坚信他们必须继续留下去。

8 shareholders   

n.股东( shareholder的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The meeting was attended by 90% of shareholders. 90%的股东出席了会议。
• the company's fiduciary duty to its shareholders 公司对股东负有的受托责任

9 defensive   

adj.防御的；防卫的；防守的

参考例句：

• Their questions about the money put her on the defensive.他们问到钱的问题，使她警觉起来。
• The Government hastily organized defensive measures against the raids.政府急忙布置了防卫措施抵御空袭。