25 May 2024

作为一名产品负责人,不断学习产品管理知识是必不可少的。近日读 Richard Banfield 的《Product Leadership》(Banfield, Eriksson, and Walkingshaw 2017)一书,讲到产品从概念到发布之间总会遇到些小问题,用到了 hiccup 一词:

In fact it’s downright rare to find a product leader that can steward a product from concept to launch without some major hiccups.

而实际上, hiccup 是打嗝的意思,这里应该是小差错的意思。这就像我们用“膈应”表示讨厌的、令人不舒服的,但又未达到呕吐程度的不舒服,多引申为心理上的不舒服。比如

  • 这东西真膈应。这里膈应用作形容词。
  • 你不要膈应人了好不好。当作及物动词,使人恶心。
  • 才 20 出头,甘油三酯就偏高,真膈应人啊。使人发愁。

相比膈应,打嗝的讨厌程度稍微小一些。所以,一般指小问题。比如:A Euro-Zone Inflation Hiccup Is Unlikely to Thwart ECB Rate Cut. (Stirling and Rinneby 2024) 这则新闻是说欧洲德法西三国通胀指数略微上涨的小问题,不会导致 ECB 降息。

References

Banfield, Richard, Martin Eriksson, and Nate Walkingshaw. 2017. Product Leadership: How Top Product Managers Launch Awesome Products and Build Successful Teams. 1st ed. O’Reilly Media, Inc.
Stirling, Craig, and Joel Rinneby. 2024. “A Euro-Zone Inflation Hiccup Is Unlikely to Thwart ECB Rate Cut.” Bloomberg News.