来自《耶鲁大学开放课程：现代社会理论基础 第20集 第20集》

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  because you are not there by choice. Right?
  因为这是由不得你选择的
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  And then a bureaucracy
  而且官僚机构
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  is organized into a hierarchy of offices
  被划分为不同的机关层级
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  this is something which basically we already covered
  这是我们之前基本上讨论过的内容
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  and the offices are filled by a free contract,
  机关是由自由合同组成的
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  and in this contract what your qualification is,
  其中写明你的任职资格有哪些
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  that's what we call--right?
  这便是我们所说的
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  meritocracy.
  择优而仕
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  People do have a certain degree,
  人与人的之间水准的确不同
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  and that degree qualifies
  有上乘水准的人使得他们
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  them to be incumbents of a certain office.
  有资格担任特定岗位的工作
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  And they receive a fixed salary.
  而且他们领取固定工资