纪录片《美国商业大亨传奇》 掌控全局(18)

But right when Rockefeller sees the future of the oil industry...

就在洛克菲勒看清了石油工业的未来时…

No man could earn a million dollars honestly.

没人能够诚实地赚到一百万美元

An outside threat emerges.

外部威胁出现了

I will tear down these trusts!

我要毁掉这些托拉斯

Who could destroy everything he and his rivals have built.

这将有可能摧毁他和他的对手们 所建立起来的帝国

Do you hear me Carnegie?

听到了吗 卡内基

Do you hear me Rockefeller?

听到了吗 洛克菲勒

As the 20th century approaches.

随着二十世纪的临近

J.P. Morgan and John Rockefeller have been locked in a battle pitting electricity against kerosene¹.

J·P·摩根和约翰·洛克菲勒陷入了电同煤油的战争之中

Their rival, Andrew Carnegie, has stayed out of the fray².

他们的对手安德鲁·卡内基则没有参与这场争夺

He's been quietly building his steel empire bigger than ever.

他静静建立起了一个比任何时候都更强大的钢铁帝国

Including landing lucrative³ contracts with the U.S. Navy to provide steel for warships⁴.

包括获得利润丰厚的美国海军战舰用钢合同

Making him one of the country's first defense⁵ contractors⁶.

这也让他成为了国内第一个国防契约获得者

The great business icons⁷ it's not that they were worth hundreds of millions, or billions, or trillions of dollars, it's that they moved society forward.

这些伟大的商业人物关键并不在于他们价值数亿 数十亿 甚至数万亿美元 而在于他们推动了社会进步

Whatever their motivations, whatever it was, they being here and their lust⁸ for success, for power, for money, for fame moved us forward.

无论动机是什么 他们的存在以及他们对成功 权力 金钱 名声的欲望让我们能够前进

1 kerosene   

n.(kerosine)煤油，火油

参考例句：

• It is like putting out a fire with kerosene.这就像用煤油灭火。
• Instead of electricity,there were kerosene lanterns.没有电，有煤油灯。

2 fray   

v.争吵；打斗；磨损，磨破；n.吵架；打斗

参考例句：

• Why should you get involved in their fray?你为什么要介入他们的争吵呢？
• Tempers began to fray in the hot weather.大热天脾气烦燥。

3 lucrative   

adj.赚钱的，可获利的

参考例句：

• He decided to turn his hobby into a lucrative sideline.他决定把自己的爱好变成赚钱的副业。
• It was not a lucrative profession.那是一个没有多少油水的职业。

4 warships   

军舰，战舰( warship的名词复数 )； 舰只

参考例句：

• The enemy warships were disengaged from the battle after suffering heavy casualties. 在遭受惨重伤亡后，敌舰退出了海战。
• The government fitted out warships and sailors for them. 政府给他们配备了战舰和水手。

5 defense   

n.防御，保卫；[pl.]防务工事；辩护，答辩

参考例句：

• The accused has the right to defense.被告人有权获得辩护。
• The war has impacted the area with military and defense workers.战争使那个地区挤满了军队和防御工程人员。

6 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》

7 icons   

n.偶像( icon的名词复数 )；（计算机屏幕上表示命令、程序的）符号，图像

参考例句：

• Distinguish important text items in lists with graphic icons. 用图标来区分重要的文本项。 来自About Face 3交互设计精髓
• Daemonic icons should only be employed persistently if they provide continuous, useful status information. 只有会连续地提供有用状态信息的情况下，后台应用程序才应该一直使用图标。 来自About Face 3交互设计精髓

8 lust   

n.性(淫)欲；渴(欲)望；vi.对…有强烈的欲望

参考例句：

• He was filled with lust for power.他内心充满了对权力的渴望。
• Sensing the explorer's lust for gold, the chief wisely presented gold ornaments as gifts.酋长觉察出探险者们垂涎黄金的欲念，就聪明地把金饰品作为礼物赠送给他们。