But then this employee approaches retirement.

但是当这个雇员快到退休时
Everyone knows that in April or something they're going to retire,

大家都知道在4月或其他时候他们会退休
then the future can't provide incentives anymore.

那么就不能为未来提供激励了
And you have to switch over from the implicit incentive of knowing

这时你就得转变从原来的含蓄激励
you're going to be interacting in the future,

也就是知道你们在未来还有互动
to an explicit incentive of putting incentive clauses in the contract.

转变到为未来的互动设定激励条款
So retirement can cause, if you like, a lame duck effect.

所以退休可以引起连任失败效应
This is even true in personal relationships.

甚至在个人交往中也是如此
In your personal relationships with your friends,

在你们和朋友的个人交往中
if you think that those friendships are going to go on for a long time,

如果你认为这种友谊会持续很长时间
be they with your significant other

是你很重要的人
or just with the people you hang out with,

或者只是你交往的一些人