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Most of what we know about bullying comes from the schoolyard. There is a broad body of research on the subject and it’s being discussed more and more in the media, including in public service announcements about how to teach kids to stick up for picked-on classmates. About one-third of people report being bullied as a child with about five to 10 percent reporting being severely victimized. 当提及“欺压”一词，我们想到的是学校里孩子间的行为。关于学校里孩子间恃强力弱的研究很多，社会也越来越关注这个问题，很多公众机构大力宣传如何教育自己的孩子不在学校被欺负和欺负别人。大约有三分之一的人告白自己在学校里被欺负过，其中有百分之十受到过很严重的伤害。 Kids can be cruel, but bullying is not a strictly childhood phenomenon. Many adults report being bullied at work, and the net effect of these toxic behaviors can leave us feeling humiliated, ashamed, embarrassed, intimidated and even depressed. Bullying is intentional hostility or aggression that is repeatedly directed at a target person who is usually less powerful than the bully. The hostilities can be emotional or physical, and the acts toward the target are done to coerce, intimidate or gain and maintain power. The topic of bullying in the workplace is a relatively new area of research (though, surely, people have been bullying each other for as long as they’ve worked together), but it is one that is growing rapidly. | 
