世界名牌博览：亚马逊

亚马逊公司（Amazon，简称亚马逊；NASDAQ：AMZN），是美国最大的一家网络电子商务公司，位于华盛顿州的西雅图。是网络上最早开始经营电子商务的公司之一，亚马逊成立于1995年，一开始只经营网络的书籍销售业务，现在则扩及了范围相当广的其他产品，已成为全球商品品种最多的网上零售商和全球第二大互联网企业，在公司名下，也包括了AlexaInternet、a9、lab126、和互联网电影数据库（Internet Movie Database，IMDB）等子公司。

亚马逊及其它销售商为客户提供数百万种独特的全新、翻新及二手商品，如图书、影视、音乐和游戏、数码下载、电子和电脑、家居园艺用品、玩具、婴幼儿用品、食品、服饰、鞋类和珠宝、健康和个人护理用品、体育及户外用品、玩具、汽车及工业产品等。

2004年8月亚马逊全资收购卓越网，使亚马逊全球领先的网上零售专长与卓越网深厚的中国市场经验相结合，进一步提升客户体验，并促进中国电子商务的成长。

 

Amazon.com is one of the biggest success stories of the Internet. It was started by Jeff Bezos from a garage in Seattle, Washington in 1995 and is now the largest online retailer¹ in the world. Bezos was Time magazine’s Person of the Year in 1999 for popularizing online shopping. His company originally sold only books but has diversified² into selling music, video games, toys, electronics and other popular ranges of goods. Amazon has cleverly marketed itself worldwide by establishing separate websites in different countries. In 2007 Amazon launched its Kindle³ e-book reader, which now enjoys a huge share of that market. A year later it teamed up with toy and electronics makers⁴ to sell goods with minimal⁵ packaging to help the environment. It remains⁶ an innovative⁷ leader in the area of online commerce.

 

 

1 retailer   

n.零售商(人)

参考例句：

• What are the retailer requirements?零售商会有哪些要求呢？
• The retailer has assembled a team in Shanghai to examine the question.这家零售商在上海组建了一支团队研究这个问题。

2 diversified   

adj.多样化的，多种经营的v.使多样化，多样化( diversify的过去式和过去分词 )；进入新的商业领域

参考例句：

• The college biology department has diversified by adding new courses in biotechnology. 该学院生物系通过增加生物技术方面的新课程而变得多样化。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Take grain as the key link, develop a diversified economy and ensure an all-round development. 以粮为纲，多种经营，全面发展。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

3 kindle   

v.点燃，着火

参考例句：

• This wood is too wet to kindle.这木柴太湿点不着。
• A small spark was enough to kindle Lily's imagination.一星光花足以点燃莉丽的全部想象力。

4 makers   

n.制造者，制造商（maker的复数形式）

参考例句：

• The makers of the product assured us that there had been no sacrifice of quality. 这一产品的制造商向我们保证说他们没有牺牲质量。
• The makers are about to launch out a new product. 制造商们马上要生产一种新产品。 来自《简明英汉词典》

5 minimal   

adj.尽可能少的，最小的

参考例句：

• They referred to this kind of art as minimal art.他们把这种艺术叫微型艺术。
• I stayed with friends, so my expenses were minimal.我住在朋友家，所以我的花费很小。

6 remains   

n.剩余物，残留物；遗体，遗迹

参考例句：

• He ate the remains of food hungrily.他狼吞虎咽地吃剩余的食物。
• The remains of the meal were fed to the dog.残羹剩饭喂狗了。

7 innovative   

adj.革新的，新颖的，富有革新精神的

参考例句：

• Discover an innovative way of marketing.发现一个创新的营销方式。
• He was one of the most creative and innovative engineers of his generation.他是他那代人当中最富创造性与革新精神的工程师之一。