I have noticed three effects of gossip: it can hurt people, it can give gossipers a strange kind of satisfaction, and it can cause social pressures in a group.

它可以伤害人；它可以卦者种奇怪满足感；它可以在群体中制造社会压力。

They were not just disapproving; they also said they would be more likely to give the gossiper lower performance ratings and to recommend bonus reductions.

他们不仅表示不赞成，他们还表示自己更有可卦者打更低绩效评级，并建议减少奖金。

People often think of gossipers as harmless, but cruel lies can cause pain.

人们通常认为爱讲卦人是无害，但残忍谎言会引起痛苦。

Another experiment, conducted by Kim Peters and Miguel Fonseca of the University of Exeter, found, among other things, that lies cropped up twice as frequently when gossipers were told they were in competition with each other.

埃克塞特大学金·彼得斯和米格尔·丰塞卡进行了验，其中个发现是，当卦者被告知他们在与其他人竞争时，谎言出现频率会变为原来两倍。

I mean, the gossiper is a writer in a way, you know?

我是说，某种程度上，卦者也算是个作家，对吧？

I think of the sharing of office politics as sharing of gossip, which is that the research shows that gossip most negatively reflects not on the topic, the subject of the gossip, but the gossiper.

我认为办公室政治分享就是卦分享，也就是说，研究表明，卦最负面反映不是话题、卦主题，而是卦者。

And again, we've only got the sources that we have, which primarily are going to be Suetonius, who's a bit of a gossiper.

而且， 我们只有现有资料，主要是苏埃托尼乌斯记载，他有点像是个卦记者。

Negroes are tireless gossipers, which, of course, is but a roundabout way of saying that they are human.

黑人是不知疲倦卦者，当然，这只是说他们是人迂回方式。

His best-selling book, Thinking Fast and Slow, was written not for decision-makers but for critics and gossipers.

他畅销书《快思慢想》并不是写决策者，而是写批评家和卦人士。

Do you have a favorite gossiper or gossip example?

你有没有特别喜欢卦人物或卦例？

I mean, you know, I would say that I wouldn't want to think of myself as a malicious gossiper, and I wouldn't want to think of myself as an unethical gossiper.

我意思是，你知道，我会说我不想把自己看作是个恶意闲话者，也不想认为自己是个不道德闲话者。

So if you're a gossiper, I trust you to be a gossiper.

所以如果你是个爱卦人，我就相信你会是个爱卦人。