双十一这个千亿大项目,你贡献了多少呢?
又是一年双十一,今年这个千亿大项目,你贡献了多少呢?
frenzy
双十一购物狂欢节,Singles' Day shopping frenzy,frenzy表示“疯狂,狂热,狂暴”,英文解释为“(an example of) uncontrolled and excited behaviour or emotion that is sometimes violent”,如:an outbreak of patriotic frenzy 爱国狂热的迸发,举个🌰:
The audience worked/whipped themselves into a frenzy as they waited for her to come on stage.
观众在期待她登上舞台的过程中情绪变得狂热起来。
类似的,CNN用的是:China's annual Singles Day online shopping bonanza has brought in a record $31 billion in sales for Alibaba.
其中,bonanza /bəˈnænzə/ 有“发财(或成功)的机遇;获利之道;发财的机会;鸿运”(a situation in which people can make a lot of money or be very successful),以及“繁荣;兴盛”(a large amount of something good)的含义,举个🌰:
The magazine will hold another fashion bonanza in the spring.
该杂志将在春天再举办一次盛大的时装节。
The expected sales bonanza hadn't materialized.
预期的销售大涨并未成为现实。
rake in
表示“轻易赚(很多钱);赚大钱”,英文解释为“to earn or get a large amount of money”举个🌰:
He rakes in over $200,000 a year.
他一年能挣20多万美元。
all-time
表示“前所未有的,空前的”,英文解释为“An all-time high, low, best, etc. is the highest, lowest, best, etc. level that has ever been.”举个🌰:
After three years of drought, the water in the lake had reached an all-time low.
遭受三年干旱后,该湖水位达到历史最低点。
blitz
blitz /blɪts/ 表示“集中力量的行动;闪电式行动”,英文解释为“a lot of energetic activity”举个🌰:
The car was launched with a massive media/advertising blitz, involving newspapers, magazines, television and radio.
该车投放市场时做了大量宣传/广告,投放媒介包括报纸、杂志、电视和广播。
occasion
此处表示“特殊场合;重大活动;盛会”,英文解释为“a special or formal event”举个🌰:
That party was quite an occasion - there were over a hundred people there.
那个聚会真是一次盛会——有一百多人参加。
Cyber Monday
Cyber Monday is a marketing term for the Monday after the Thanksgiving holiday in the United States. It was created by retailers to encourage people to shop online. 网络星期一是美国感恩节假期后的一项常年促销项目,通常是零售业将营业额从赤字转变为黑字的时间,商家降价促销,尤其是网络商家,以刺激消费者购物需求。(Wikipedia)
listing
名词表示“(表册上的)位置,项目”,英文解释为“a position or an item on a list”,此处即为“上市”的含义,举个🌰:
The company is seeking a stock exchange listing (= for trading shares).
这家公司正在争取上市。
list作动词也表示“使(公司)上市;(公司)上市”(If a company is listed, or if it lists, on a stock exchange, it obtains an official quotation for its shares so that people can buy and sell them.)举个🌰:
Last year, three new companies were listed on the Lahore stock exchange.
去年有3家公司在拉合尔股票交易所上市。
· listed company:a company whose shares can be traded on a country's main stock market 上市公司
· listed building:a building of great historical or artistic value that has official protection to prevent it from being changed or destroyed 列入文物保护范围的建筑,重点保护建筑(也可以说landmarked building)
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