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*閱讀全文請點擊此連結

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-16391730

 

*新聞標題

Apps downloads hit record high in last week of December

應用程式下載在12月的最後一周創歷史新高

 

*標題解說

請注意:讀新聞標題的時候要知道冠詞被省略的現象,否則看多了標題用法,常常以爲該用法是不需冠詞的

其實應是:Apps downloads hit a record high in the last week of December

app:應用程式(名詞),apps(複數型)

這個字爆紅,因爲在行動裝置下載應用程式(app)的做法大流行,用這個字,app去不同的字典查查,可以測出哪個字典,比較能捕捉最新科技的變化,例如:http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/app

noun Computers, Informal (比較口語)

an application, typically a small, specialized program downloaded onto mobile devices: the best GPS apps for your iPhone.

Origin: 
1985–90; by shortening(來源是 application 這個字的縮簡 [by shortening],大約在1985-1990年代開始使用)

hit record high:(hit a record high, 看下面説明)達到最高記錄(常見用法)查字典的時候,若找不到hit record high, 就拆開來查

例如:查 record, high, hit, 都可能找到

http://oald8.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/dictionary/record

record:最高或最低的記錄(名詞) 

the best result or the highest or lowest level that has ever been reached, especially in sport

Unemployment has reached a record high (= the highest level ever).

(看到字典上的例句,reached a record high, 有‘a’ 應該推理是標題省略了冠詞 a’

hit:字典上有許多定義,要根據目前的上下文推測可能的意思(達到),再從字典的多種定義中,找到最吻合的定義求證

http://oald8.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/dictionary/hit

hit:達到(動詞) hit something to reach a particular level

Temperatures hit 40° yesterday.

The euro hit a record low in trading today.

(字典上就有 hit a record low, 創新低)

download:下載(名詞)在此應為名詞因爲看到 Apps downloads hit record high

downloads 為複數型,下載的數量多,hit 為動詞,不加‘s’表示主詞為複數

in last week of December:放在標題省略 the

應該是in the last week of December

 

*內文解析

根據一項研究,超過10億的應用程式首度在一週内被下載。

For the first time in a single week, more than a billion apps have been downloaded, according to a study.

 

for the first time:第一次(片語)

in a single weekin a week 加了 single, 強調單一的一週

have been downloaded:在此download 為動詞,現在完成被動式,被下載

a billion:這個數字,1 後面有 000,000,000 也就是10 (不是 一億)

http://oald8.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/dictionary/billion

(有爭議的時候最好的解決方法就是去字典查證)

 

熱絡的活動是由於有許多用戶收到新的裝置作為聖誕禮物 並且還有不少公司在假期提供打了折應用程式。

Activity was buoyed by the facts that many users received new devices for Christmas and firms offered discounted apps over the holiday period.

 

簡化看:Activity was buoyed by the facts that (裏面有兩件事 X and Yfact 加了‘s’ facts)

X=many users received new devices for Christmas

Y=firms offered discounted apps over the holiday period

buoy:撐起,支持鼓舞(動詞)

Activity was buoyed by X(活動被X鼓舞)

discount:打折(動詞)discounted(過去分詞)

discounted apps:打了折的 apps

 

Apps 瘋狂下載的背後,是手機大賣了,BBC 另一則報導韓國三星(Samsung)預期智慧型手機(smartphone)將有豐厚的利潤(bumper profits)來自銷售量大增

 

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*新聞標題

Samsung expects bumper profits on smartphone sales gain

 

*閱讀全文請點擊此連結

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-16437118

 

*標題解說

bumper:開車的人知道bumper 是(汽車前後的)保險槓,但是在此bumper應該理解為形容詞,豐盛的

bumper profits 豐厚的利潤

gain:增加量(名詞)

sales gain: 銷售增加量(銷售量大增)

(請注意:銷售量大增不一定表示利潤(profits)也大增,所以標題指出了 bumper profits on sales gain

 

*內文解析

三星電子說,它預計可以提出去年的最後三個月利潤大增的報告,主要歸功於智慧型手機破紀錄的銷量。

Samsung Electronics has said it expects to report a big jump in profits for the final three months of last year, thanks largely to record smartphone sales.

 

a big jump in profits:大幅增加的利潤

thanks to:由於(片語)X 發生由於Y,

thanks largely to:大多是由於

前面講 a big jump in profits 由於(thanks torecord smartphone sales

record:記錄中最高的(形容詞)一般人比較知道的是名詞或動詞但是在應該為形容詞 (如果你原來的字典查不到,要再找別的字典)record sales 破紀錄的銷售量 record smartphone sales 破紀錄的smartphone 銷售量

http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/british/record_6

at a higher level than ever achieved before

The long hot summer has led to a record harvest this year.

Inflation has reached record levels.

We finished the work in record time (= faster than had ever been done before).

(Definition of record adjective from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

sale:銷售(名詞)sales(複數型)銷售量

http://oald8.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/dictionary/sale

sales [plural]the number of items sold

Retail sales fell in November by 10%

Export sales were up by 32% last year.

 

南韓公司表示,預計在該期間的營業利潤將達到5.2兆韓元(45億美元29億英鎊),比前一年高73%。

The South Korean firm said it expects operating profits for the period to be 5.2tn won ($4.5bn; £2.9bn), 73% higher than a year earlier.

operating profits:營業利潤(常見用法)

財經字典的解釋:Operating profit (or loss)

Revenue from a firm's regular activities less costs and expenses and before income deductions.

http://financial-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/Operating+Profit

5.2 tn won5.2兆韓元(Korean Won = KRW

tntrillion= 兆(這是中文字典的解説,如果還是不懂看這裡)

http://www.mathnstuff.com/math/spoken/here/2class/10/size.htm

1 million million

1000,000,000,000

= 1 x 1012

 

在去年下半年,作為世界上最暢銷的智慧型手機製造商,三星超越蘋果。

Samsung overtook Apple as the world's biggest-selling smartphone maker in the second half of last year.

 

biggest-selling:最暢銷的(形容詞)

maker:製造商(名詞)

overtake:由後面趕上並超越(動詞)overtook(過去式)

 

*字彙整理

Apps 瘋狂下載,行動裝置的流行,讓學習英文更便利了,看相關新聞,學習產品暢銷用語,到了英文檢定考就能派上用場:

應用程式:app(名詞)來自 application

下載:download(名詞或動詞)

創新高:hit a record high(固定用法)

破紀錄的智慧型手機銷售量:record smartphone sales

豐厚的利潤:bumper profits

營業利潤:operating profits(常見用法)

銷售量大增:sales gain

銷售量:sales(複數型)

利潤大增:a big jump in profits

最暢銷的:biggest-selling(形容詞)

biggest-selling smartphone maker

製造商:maker(名詞)

smartphone maker 智慧型手機製造商

兆:trillion

韓元:Korean Won = KRW

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