2021年经济学人 京东季度收益良好，中国科技股回暖

The world this week - Business

本周国际要闻——经济

Joe Biden held a summit at the White House with the chief executives of America’s biggest tech, financial and infrastructure¹ companies to discuss cyber-security.

乔·拜登在白宫与美国最大的科技、金融和基础设施公司的首席执行官举行了一次峰会，讨论网络安全问题。

Those attending included Tim Cook of Apple, Satya Nadella of Microsoft and Jamie Dimon of JPMorgan Chase.

与会者包括苹果公司的蒂姆·库克、微软的萨蒂亚·纳德拉和摩根大通的杰米·戴蒙。

Criminal hackers² have attacked several critical infrastructure- and software-systems this year.

黑客犯罪分子已在今年攻击了数个关键的基础设施系统和软件系统。

Mr Biden urged companies to help fill the half a million job vacancies³ in cyber-security.

拜登敦促各企业帮助填补网络安全领域的50万个职位空缺。

Chinese tech stocks had a good few days, in part because robust⁴ quarterly earnings⁵ from JD.com, one of China’s biggest e-commerce companies, suggested that it was coping well with the government’s regulatory crackdown on the tech industry.

中国科技股近几日表现不错，部分原因是中国最大的电子商务公司之一京东强劲的季度收益表明，该公司很好地应对了政府对科技行业的监管打击。

China’s internet giants are making sure they are seen to respond to the latest edicts.

中国的互联网巨头正在确保他们被认为对最新法令有所回应。

Pinduoduo and Tencent, two online platforms, said they would donate billions to worthy⁶ causes, after President Xi Jinping pressed high-income enterprises to “return more to society”.

在习近平主席敦促高收入企业“更多地回馈社会”后，在线平台拼多多和腾讯表示，它们将向有价值的事业捐赠数十亿美元。

The share prices of Uber, Lyft and other gig-economy companies wobbled after a judge in California struck down Proposition 22, a voter-approved measure that allows the firms to continue classifying their drivers as independent contractors⁷ rather than workers.

在加利福尼亚州的一名法官否决了22号提案后，优步、来福车和其他零工经济公司的股价出现了震荡。22号提案是一项经选民投票通过的措施，允许这些公司继续将其司机归类为独立承包商，而不是员工。

The judge found that the measure was unconstitutional and unenforceable, but stayed his decision until appeals can be heard.

法官认为该措施是违反宪法的，不可执行，但在上诉被受理之前，他保留了自己的决定。

Providing a contrast to the image of tech companies as fiendish reprobates⁸, Airbnb offered free temporary housing to 20,000 Afghan refugees around the world.

与科技公司被视为不道德的恶魔的形象相反，爱彼迎为世界各地的2万名阿富汗难民提供了免费临时住所。

The home-rental platform and its charity have housed 25,000 refugees over the past four years.

在过去的四年里，这家房屋租赁平台及其慈善机构已经收容了2.5万名难民。

1 infrastructure   

n.下部构造，下部组织，基础结构，基础设施

参考例句：

• We should step up the development of infrastructure for research.加强科学基础设施建设。
• We should strengthen cultural infrastructure and boost various types of popular culture.加强文化基础设施建设，发展各类群众文化。

2 hackers   

n.计算机迷( hacker的名词复数 )；私自存取或篡改电脑资料者，电脑“黑客”

参考例句：

• They think of viruses that infect an organization from the outside.They envision hackers breaking into their information vaults. 他们考虑来自外部的感染公司的病毒，他们设想黑客侵入到信息宝库中。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Arranging a meeting with the hackers took weeks againoff-again email exchanges. 通过几星期电子邮件往来安排见面，他们最终同意了。 来自互联网

3 vacancies   

n.空房间( vacancy的名词复数 )；空虚；空白；空缺

参考例句：

• job vacancies 职位空缺
• The sign outside the motel said \"No Vacancies\". 汽车旅馆外的招牌显示“客满”。 来自《简明英汉词典》

4 robust   

adj.强壮的，强健的，粗野的，需要体力的，浓的

参考例句：

• She is too tall and robust.她个子太高，身体太壮。
• China wants to keep growth robust to reduce poverty and avoid job losses,AP commented.美联社评论道，中国希望保持经济强势增长，以减少贫困和失业状况。

5 earnings   

n.工资收人；利润，利益，所得

参考例句：

• That old man lives on the earnings of his daughter.那个老人靠他女儿的收入维持生活。
• Last year there was a 20% decrease in his earnings.去年他的收入减少了20%。

6 worthy   

adj.(of)值得的，配得上的；有价值的

参考例句：

• I did not esteem him to be worthy of trust.我认为他不值得信赖。
• There occurred nothing that was worthy to be mentioned.没有值得一提的事发生。

7 contractors   

n.（建筑、监造中的）承包人( contractor的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• We got estimates from three different contractors before accepting the lowest. 我们得到3个承包商的报价后，接受了最低的报价。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Contractors winning construction jobs had to kick back 2 per cent of the contract price to the mafia. 赢得建筑工作的承包商得抽出合同价格的百分之二的回扣给黑手党。 来自《简明英汉词典》

8 reprobates   

n.道德败坏的人，恶棍( reprobate的名词复数 )

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