Junior staff, for their part, dare not question the language for fear of damaging their promotion prospects.

就初级员工而言，他们不敢质疑这种语言，因为他们担心会损害他们的晋升前景。

You see, the reason why Humphrey and I decided to recommend you for this promotion is that I've been fighting a losing battle to improve the promotion prospects for women at the top of the Civil Service.

汉弗莱和我之所以决定推荐你升职是因为我在奋力争取让更多女性能被提拔至文官高层，但未能如愿。