Vocab:
1.HBO: home box office家庭影院
HBO is an American premium cable and satellite television network.
2. premise
[C] a statement or idea that you accept as true and use as a base for developing other ideas 前提
e.g.The idea that there is life on other planets is the central premise of the novel.
premise that
e.g. the premise that an accused person is innocent until they are proved guilty
在證明有罪之前被告無罪的前提
3. S&P
Stand&Poor's Corporation 標準普爾公司
Standard & Poor's Financial Services LLC (S&P) is an American financial services company. It is a division of McGraw Hill Financial that publishes financial research and analysis on stocks and bonds.
4. capitalisation: capitalization
an estimation of the value of a business.
market capitalization [經(jīng)]市值
5. revenue
〔公司、機構的〕收益，收入
〔政府的〕稅收
e.g. The purpose, though, would be not just to raise revenue but to change behavior.
6. tick off 列舉；用記號標出
e.g. You can look back on your career and tick off a passel of accomplishments.
7.Cloud-computing 云計算
Cloud computing is a recently evolved computing terminology or metaphor based on utility and consumption of computing resources. Cloud computing involves deploying groups of remote servers and software networks that allow centralized data storage and online access to computer services or resources. Clouds can be classified as public, private or hybrid.
8. nudge
[T always + adv/prep] 輕推移動，推開
[I always + adv/prep] 〔緩慢地〕往前擠
nudge one's way
擠進；推進
e.g. But here we are again with US crude oil futures nudging $53 a barrel.
但是，我們再次看到美國原油期貨觸及每桶53美元高點。
9.beef up
增大，增加(數(shù)額)
加重，加強，增強…力量，增援；充實；擴大；提高；加油干，用勁干，盡力。
e.g. The UK has been on a mission to beef up its tech credentials in recent years.
10. unprecedented
adj. 空前的，前所未有的
e.g. In these past 60 years, NATO(North Atlantic Treaty Organization 北大西洋公約組織)has contributed to an unprecedented period of peace, freedom and prosperity for all its citizens.
11.basket case
1)N-COUNT If someone describes a country or organization as a basket case, they mean that its economy or finances are in a seriously bad state. (國家或機構的)經(jīng)濟狀況極差
e.g.The country is an economic basket case with chronic unemployment and rampant crime.
2)N-COUNT If you describe someone as a basket case, you think that they are very nervous or unable to function. 非常緊張或者失態(tài)的人
e.g.You're going to think I'm a basket case when I tell you this.
當我告訴你這些的時候，你肯定會認為我失態(tài)了。
12. whinge: complain
嘮叨；嘀咕 [+ about ]
e.g. Stop whingeing about the situation and accept it.
13. resolute
adj. 堅決的，堅定的
e.g. Americans are a resolute people, who have risen to every test of our time.
14. retailer
n. 零售商；零售商店
e.g. This capability helps the retailer keep their systems up all the time.
15. virtuous circle 良性循環(huán)
16. give sth a whirl 嘗試某事
17. debacle
an event or attempt that is a complete failure. 徹底失敗
e.g. People believed it was a privilege to die for your country, but after the debacle of the war they never felt the same again.
18. crank out 制成；粗制濫造
e.g. In 1933 the studio cranked out fifty-five feature films.
19. cashflow 現(xiàn)金流轉
e.g. So their cashflow is better and they are able to expand their networks faster.
20. quadruple
1)four times as big or as many 四倍的
→ double ; triple
e.g. The subjects were given quadruple the normal dosage of the drug.
讓實驗對象服用了四倍于正常劑量的藥物。
2)involving four things of the same kind 涉及四個的
e.g. a quadruple murder
四人遇害的兇殺案
21. logistics
n. 〔使計劃成功的〕統(tǒng)籌安排，后勤（工作）；物流
22.reminiscent
令人想起的，懷舊的
e.g.We drank from wax-coated paper cups reminiscent of a visit to the dentist.
23.conglomerate
n. [C] 大型聯(lián)合企業(yè)，企業(yè)集團
– retailer
24. presumably
adv. 可能，大概，據(jù)推測
e.g. Presumably it would have dropped further if the employee ownership plan hadnt been adopted.
25. v. 引發(fā)，激發(fā)〔尤指一系列事件〕
使爆炸；啟動，引發(fā)
e.g. That could very well trigger another round of interviews with President Obama on Middle Eastern television stations.
26. ?antitrust
adj. 反壟斷的，反托拉斯
27. lens
n. 〔照相機的〕鏡頭 | 透鏡；鏡片 | 〔眼球的〕晶狀體
e.g. I wanted to make a powerful lens that would let me see even the smallest parts of life.
28. clout: n. [U] 〔影響他人決定的〕力量；權勢 | [C] 〔用手的〕猛擊
e.g. strengthen its leadership and international clout.
29. adjacent
adj. 鄰近的，毗連的
e.g. The schools were adjacent but there were separate doors.
30. chip away at
削弱；損害；一點點地除掉；從…抽去實質性的東西
e.g. But competitors have begun to chip away at its dominance.
31. predatory 掠奪性的
e.g.But where were the resources to eliminate poverty and unemployment and end predatory policing in the black community?
Sentence Structure:
1. The former bookseller accounts for more than half of every new dollar spent online in America.
The former bookseller + accounts for + more than half of every new dollar (……)
