世界名牌博览：西门子

德国西门子股份公司创立于1847年，是全球电子电气工程领域的领先企业。西门子自1872年进入中国，140余年来以创新的技术、卓越的解决方案和产品坚持不懈地对中国的发展提供全面支持，并以出众的品质和令人信赖的可靠性、领先的技术成就、不懈的创新追求，确立了在中国市场的领先地位。2015财年（2014年10月1日至2015年9月30日），西门子在中国的总营收达到69.4亿欧元，拥有超过32000名员工。西门子已经发展成为中国社会和经济不可分割的一部分，并竭诚与中国携手合作，共同致力于实现可持续发展。

2014年9月，西门子股份公司和博世集团达成协议：罗伯特·博世公司将收购西门子所持有的合资企业博世和西门子家用电器集团（简称博西家电）50%的股份，交易完成后博西家电将成为博世集团的全资子公司，西门子彻底退出家电领域。出售家电业务正是西门子专注于电气化、自动化和数字化战略的体现之一。

 

Siemens is the largest engineering conglomerate¹ in Europe. It is headquartered in Munich, Germany. It has three main areas of business. Its industry sector² helps industry and infrastructure³ customers to increase their economic and environmental competitiveness; its energy sector offers products and solutions for the generation, transmission and distribution of electrical energy; and its healthcare sector offers products and solutions from prevention and early detection to diagnosis⁴ to treatment and aftercare. Siemens was founded by Werner von Siemens in 1847. His company revolutionized the sending of telegraphs and was responsible for the world’s first electric street lighting⁵. Today, the company employs nearly half-a-million people in over 190 countries. It brings in operating revenues of $100 billion.

 

1 conglomerate   

n.综合商社，多元化集团公司

参考例句：

• The firm has been taken over by an American conglomerate.该公司已被美国一企业集团接管。
• An American conglomerate holds a major share in the company.一家美国的大联合企业持有该公司的大部分股份。

2 sector   

n.部门，部分；防御地段，防区；扇形

参考例句：

• The export sector will aid the economic recovery. 出口产业将促进经济复苏。
• The enemy have attacked the British sector.敌人已进攻英国防区。

3 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。

4 diagnosis   

n.诊断，诊断结果，调查分析，判断

参考例句：

• His symptoms gave no obvious pointer to a possible diagnosis.他的症状无法作出明确的诊断。
• The engineer made a complete diagnosis of the bridge's collapse.工程师对桥的倒塌做一次彻底的调查分析。

5 lighting   

n.照明，光线的明暗，舞台灯光

参考例句：

• The gas lamp gradually lost ground to electric lighting.煤气灯逐渐为电灯所代替。
• The lighting in that restaurant is soft and romantic.那个餐馆照明柔和而且浪漫。