sufficiently（sufficiently funded）
The daily commute wasted nearly thirty minutes, a delay sufficiently irritating that the manager took initiative to negotiate remote work options.
拆解：
主干事实
The daily commute wasted nearly thirty minutes
（每日通勤浪费近分钟）
核心动词 &#;wasted&#; 强调时间损失，奠定负面基调
同位语+程度修饰
a delay sufficiently irritating that...
（一种足够恼人的延迟，以至于...）
&#;a delay&#; 作同位语抽象概括前句现象，&#;sufficiently irritating&#; 为形容词短语量化问题严重性
结果状语从句
that the manager took initiative to negotiate remote work options
（促使经理主动协商远程办公方案）
&#;that&#; 引导结果从句，&#;took initiative&#; 体现主体能动性
同位语 (a delay) 将具体事件抽象化，使后续评价更具普适性
sufficiently irritating → that...（通过形容词叠加制造因果逻辑链）
took initiative（替代被动式如 &#;was forced to&#;，突出主体决策力）
&#;每日通勤浪费近三十分钟，这种延迟足够恼人，以至于经理主动协商远程办公方案。&#;
意译
每日通勤耗去近三十分钟，效率低下到严重干扰工作，促使经理主动协商远程办公方案。
意译调整说明：
&#;wasted&#; → &#;耗去&#;
保留时间损失含义，避免直译&#;浪费&#;的过度负面色彩
抽象化处理同位语
&#;a delay&#; → &#;效率低下&#;（点明问题本质）
升级程度表述
&#;sufficiently irritating&#; → &#;严重干扰工作&#;（明确工作场景影响）
强化行为动机
&#;took initiative to negotiate&#; → &#;主动协商&#;（中文四字短语更简洁有力）
同类表达参考
&#;Data processing took over six hours per batch, a time lag critically unacceptable that the lab allocated emergency funds to upgrade servers.&#;
（每批数据处理耗时超六小时，这种时间延迟完全无法接受，促使实验室拨付紧急资金升级服务器。）
生活场景：
&#;The leaking faucet dripped every seconds, a noise sufficiently maddening that he called a plumber at midnight.&#;
（水龙头每秒漏一滴水，这声音恼人得让他半夜打电话叫了水管工。）