如果系统工程师继续离开,公司的竞争优势将会被削弱。

The company's competitive edge will be eroded if system engineers continue to leave.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1 如果 guǒ
  1. if
  2. in case
  3. in the event that
2 系统工程 tǒnggōngchéng systems engineering
=3 Shī surname Shi
=3 shī
  1. teacher
  2. master
  3. expert
  4. model
  5. army division
  6. (old) troops
  7. to dispatch troops
4 继续 to continue; to proceed with; to go on with
5 离开 kāi to depart; to leave
6 公司 gōng company; firm; corporation

classifier:

=7 de
  1. of; ~'s (possessive particle)
  2. (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun)
  3. (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis)
  4. (used after a noun, verb or adjective to form a nominal expression, as in 皮革的 de "one made of leather" or 跑堂儿的 pǎotángrde "a waiter (literally, one who runs back and forth in a restaurant)" or 新的 xīnde "new one")
  5. also pr. or di in poetry and songs
=7 a taxi; a cab (abbr. for 的士 shì)
=7 really and truly
=7 (bound form) bull's-eye; target
8 竞争 jìngzhēng
  1. to compete
  2. competition
9 优势 yōushì
  1. superiority
  2. dominance
  3. advantage
10 将会 jiānghuì
  1. auxiliary verb introducing future action: may (be able to)
  2. will (cause)
  3. should (enable)
  4. going to
=11 bèi
  1. quilt
  2. to cover (with)
  3. (literary) to suffer (a misfortune)
  4. used to indicate passive voice (placed before the doer of the action like "by" in English passive-voice sentences, or, if the doer is not mentioned, before the verb)
  5. (since c. 2009) (sarcastic or jocular) used to indicate that the following word should be regarded as being in air quotes (as in 被旅游 bèilu:yóu to "go on a trip")
=11
  1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of (“to cover oneself; to scatter”)
  2. alternative form of (“to cover oneself; to scatter”)
=11
  1. alternative form of (bǐ, “that”)
  2. alternative form of (bì, “wig”)
=11 alternative form of
12 削弱 xuēruò
  1. to weaken
  2. to impair
  3. to cripple