你们负得起这个责任吗
“can you take responsibility for that?”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
一直这么拖着的话 月海的经济 如果出现了问题
“If this drags on much longer and Yuehai's economy suffers,”
你们负得起 这个 责任吗
“can you take responsibility for that?”
“They grilled me about this TV set for ages.”
“You will be completely ruined if this goes south, so stop dragging your feet.”
In Chinese bureaucratic and organizational culture, being held personally accountable for systemic or economic failure is a severe threat that often forces compliance.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
able to bear the responsibility / answer for
A high-stakes potential complement construction used to challenge someone's ability to handle the fallout of a mistake.
Transforms the challenge into a biting rhetorical question that implies an absolute 'no'.