2007年07年14日
今天刚看完“Staring down the barrel of the Internet(直视互连网的挑战)”这篇文章,现总结如下:
subscribe to :订阅 for years now:多年来 online revenue:网上收入
sign up:[美口]签字应征[参加]; 签约承担义务(for)
fix:[口](非源源不断提供不可的)让人过瘾的东西
from the start:...一开始,一亮相 believe...as....:认为...是....
a matter of principle:原则问题 unrelenting:无情的;不屈不饶的
critic:批评家,评论家 journalism:新闻学(业);报纸杂志
wind up:上紧发条;卷起——引伸为结束、极度兴奋;禁不住(如:I've wound up wondering:我不禁思索)
not half bad:[口]不错 mid-september:九月中旬
plunk down:[口](啪地)扔下(钱)付款 cold/hard cash:硬币;现金
on the part of:就...而言;...的
hardly:简直不;不太;几乎不(如:It is hardly a surprise 这并不稀奇)
that's the way it has always worked in the business 这些都是这一行业的行事之道
circulation:循环,流通;发行 healthy paid circulation:收费创通的发行渠道
at one's peril:[尤用于告诫某人勿做某事]自担风险
general interest:大众
pull it off:[俚]做成,成功 dismal:阴沉的,沮丧的;可怕的(如:dismal failure惨痛的失败)
throw in the towel:[口](拳击中)举白旗——引伸为承认失败,认输
misguided:被误导,走错了路线 newspaper company:报业公司
to do that:为了做到这一点 for starters:[口]作为开端;首先
OP-ed columnist:专栏作家(op-ed means 'opposite the editorial page.'"Op-ed is an example of jargon(术语) used by those who practice a specialized craft or profession.
be popular with ...:在...中特别受欢迎 cut into:减少
from a purely business point of view:从纯粹的商业观点来说
downside:弊端,不利方面 the rise of ...:...的出现/崛起
have/has to do everything it can to...必须要竭尽全力、想法设法地....
continue doing ambitious journalism:雄心勃勃地想在新闻业中继续有所作为
from where I'm sitting:从我的角度来看
end of story:[口]情况就是这样,仅此而已
down the line:(adv)往市中心去,完全地;长此以往
contraction:收缩;紧缩 dead-tree:过时的,陈旧的
general view:总的观点 salvage:抢救
disruptive:破坏性的;分裂性的 margin:利润
deserve one's fate:命该如此 Citigroup:花旗集团
It's not fun:这可不是开玩笑的事情;这不是开玩笑 |