财经金融新闻 苹果与银联好上了

In today's podcast, commentators¹ say Apple is flirting² with Alipay to create leverage³ in negotiations⁴ withUnionPay

在今天的播客中，评论员称苹果正在向阿里巴巴示好，目的是要在与银联的磋商中谋求平衡。

Will the wave and pay system of the latest iPhone be making it to China anytime soon? While newly-debuted Apple Pay has yet to be offered in China, the company's CEO Tim Cook earlier this week prompted a flurry of speculation⁵ on a possible tie-up with Alipay. Cook has met twice recently with Jack⁶ Ma, the majority stakeholder in Alipay and the founder⁷ and chairman of Alibaba Group Holding Ltd., a firm linked to Alipay. Both told the media that they are very interested in forming a partnership⁸. But some experts say the talk could be aimed at negotiations with Unionpay, the country's only bankcard network operator. Chen Jianwei, a payment tech expert, said UnionPay is still Apple's best and, for some time to come, only option in the Chinese market. Apple and UnionPay have reached a preliminary agreement about cooperation that would allow iPhone 6 users to link the devices to UnionPay cards. But details are still being worked out and Chen said UnionPay has been moving too slowly.

苹果手机支付系统这一浪潮是否将打入中国市场？苹果日前新发布的苹果支付系统还没有在中国取得发展，苹果总裁蒂姆·库克在这周早些时候有意将推动与支付宝的合作。库克近日与阿里巴巴最大股东，阿拉巴巴股份有限公司创立者兼总裁马云进行了两次会面。双方都对媒体表明称他们对共同合作很有兴趣。但是，许多专家认为此次谈话的目的在于与银联进行沟通，银联是中国唯一一家银行卡网络运营商。支付技术专家陈建伟称在所预见的未来，银联仍然是苹果在中国市场的唯一选择。苹果与银联已经就合作达成了初步协议，协议规定允许苹果6的手机用户与银联卡相连。但是，细节问题还在商讨之中，陈认为银联的速度太慢了。

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1 commentators   

n.评论员( commentator的名词复数 )；时事评论员；注释者；实况广播员

参考例句：

• Sports commentators repeat the same phrases ad nauseam. 体育解说员翻来覆去说着同样的词语，真叫人腻烦。
• Television sports commentators repeat the same phrases ad nauseam. 电视体育解说员说来说去就是那么几句话，令人厌烦。 来自《简明英汉词典》

2 flirting   

v.调情，打情骂俏( flirt的现在分词 )

参考例句：

• Don't take her too seriously; she's only flirting with you. 别把她太当真，她只不过是在和你调情罢了。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
• 'she's always flirting with that new fellow Tseng!" “她还同新来厂里那个姓曾的吊膀子！ 来自子夜部分

3 leverage   

n.力量，影响；杠杆作用，杠杆的力量

参考例句：

• We'll have to use leverage to move this huge rock.我们不得不借助杠杆之力来移动这块巨石。
• He failed in the project because he could gain no leverage. 因为他没有影响力，他的计划失败了。

4 negotiations   

协商( negotiation的名词复数 )； 谈判； 完成（难事）； 通过

参考例句：

• negotiations for a durable peace 为持久和平而进行的谈判
• Negotiations have failed to establish any middle ground. 谈判未能达成任何妥协。

5 speculation   

n.思索，沉思；猜测；投机

参考例句：

• Her mind is occupied with speculation.她的头脑忙于思考。
• There is widespread speculation that he is going to resign.人们普遍推测他要辞职。

6 jack   

n.插座，千斤顶，男人；v.抬起，提醒，扛举；n.（Jake）杰克

参考例句：

• I am looking for the headphone jack.我正在找寻头戴式耳机插孔。
• He lifted the car with a jack to change the flat tyre.他用千斤顶把车顶起来换下瘪轮胎。

7 Founder   

n.创始者，缔造者

参考例句：

• He was extolled as the founder of their Florentine school.他被称颂为佛罗伦萨画派的鼻祖。
• According to the old tradition,Romulus was the founder of Rome.按照古老的传说，罗穆卢斯是古罗马的建国者。

8 partnership   

n.合作关系，伙伴关系

参考例句：

• The company has gone into partnership with Swiss Bank Corporation.这家公司已经和瑞士银行公司建立合作关系。
• Martin has taken him into general partnership in his company.马丁已让他成为公司的普通合伙人。