近日，谷歌母公司Alphabet宣布，谷歌创始人拉里·佩奇（Larry Page）、谢尔盖·布林（Sergey Brin）正式分别辞去Alphabet首席执行官和总裁职务。现任谷歌首席执行官桑达尔·皮查伊（Sundar Pichai）将即刻接任Alphabet首席执行官。
Google co-founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin stepping down as Alphabet executives
More than 20 years after launching Google out of a Menlo Park garage, Larry Page and Sergey Brin are relinquishing their executive roles at its parent company Alphabet (GOOGL).
relinquish /rɪˈlɪŋkwɪʃ/ 表示“放弃；拒绝”，英文解释为“to give up something such as a responsibility or claim”举个🌰：
He has relinquished his claim to the throne.
他放弃了继承王位的要求。
Page and Brin are stepping down as CEO and president, respectively, of Alphabet, the company announced Tuesday. Sundar Pichai, the current CEO of Google and a longtime executive at the company, will take over as CEO of Alphabet in addition to his current role.
The cofounders will continue to serve on Alphabet's board of directors. They also maintain voting control over the business, all but guaranteeing their ability to influence the direction of Alphabet with or without their executive titles.
表示“董事会”，英文解释为“A company's board of directors is the group of people elected by its shareholders to manage the company.”举个🌰：
The board of directors has approved the decision unanimously.
董事会一致通过了这项决定。
"We've never been ones to hold on to management roles when we think there's a better way to run the company. And Alphabet and Google no longer need two CEOs and a President," they wrote in a letter.
The executive shuffle comes at a time when Google is facing mounting scrutiny. Regulators and politicians in the US and Europe have questioned the company's size, data privacy practices and potential impact on society. Page, once the face of the company, has largely receded from public view.
本义“洗牌”（the act of mixing cards before a card game），此处=reshuffle，表示“改组；进行岗位调整；更改职责配置”，可以作动词也可以作动词，英文解释为“to change around the jobs that a group of people do, for example in a government”举个🌰：
He has carried out a partial cabinet reshuffle.
他对内阁进行了一次部分改组。
作形容词，表示“上升的；增长的”，英文解释为“increasing, often in a manner that causes or expresses anxiety”，如：mounting excitement/concern/tension 越来越兴奋/关注/紧张，举个🌰：
There is mounting evidence of serious effects on people's health.
有越来越多的证据表明对人的健康有严重影响。
下文用的是growing来替换这个含义，confronting growing tensions.
Page has been absent from the company's quarterly earnings calls, and notably hasn't appeared at big tech hearings on Capitol Hill. In 2018, Page was called before the Senate Intelligence Committee investigating foreign election meddling, but didn't show. Last year, Bloomberg Businessweek published an article headlined "Where in the World is Larry Page?" Meanwhile, Page has been investing in flying car startups.
财报电话会议，Earnings call is a conference call between the management of a public company, analysts, investors, and the media to discuss the company’s financial results during a given reporting period, such as a quarter or a fiscal year. An earnings call is usually preceded by an earnings report. This contains summary information on financial performance for the period.
At the same time, Google is confronting growing tensions with its own employees. Last week, Google dismissed several outspoken workers for allegedly violating its data-security policies. Some employees quickly accused Google of trying to suppress its critics, as well as workers' attempts to organize.
表示“直言不讳的；坦率的，直率的”，英文解释为“expressing strong opinions very directly without worrying if other people are offended”，如：outspoken comments 坦率的意见。
表示“镇压，压制，制止”，英文解释为“to end something by force”。
Pichai, who is known for his engineering talents and general likeability, took over as CEO of Google in 2015 as part of the company's broader corporate restructuring to create Alphabet. Prior that, Pichai had held a variety of roles at the company, including overseeing Chrome, product chief of Google and head of the Android operating system.
As Google CEO, he has appeared on earnings calls and keynoted major events such as the Google I/O developer conference. Under his leadership, Google's business has continued to grow and expand more into hardware and cloud computing, though the vast majority of its revenue still comes from advertising.
Brin and Page said they will remain "actively involved" as board members, shareholders and cofounders. They also said they plan to continue speaking with Pichai "regularly."- END -
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