夏说英语新闻晨读 第168期:网飞股票过山车

 本期内容：

Netflix, which streams video, added 370,000 subscribers in America in the third quarter and 3.2 m elsewhere. Both results were far better than it had forecast (although the growth of its American subscriptions¹ has slowed compared with a year earlier). The firm’s volatile² share price, which had fallen by 13% this year ahead of the news, jumped by almost 20% immediately after it.

Stream: 流媒体播放
Subscriber：订阅用户
Volatile：变化无常的

 

1 subscriptions   

n.（报刊等的）订阅费( subscription的名词复数 )；捐款；（俱乐部的）会员费；捐助

参考例句：

• Subscriptions to these magazines can be paid in at the post office. 这些杂志的订阅费可以在邮局缴纳。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Payment of subscriptions should be made to the club secretary. 会费应交给俱乐部秘书。 来自《简明英汉词典》

2 volatile   

adj.反复无常的，挥发性的，稍纵即逝的，脾气火爆的；n.挥发性物质

参考例句：

• With the markets being so volatile,investments are at great risk.由于市场那么变化不定，投资冒着很大的风险。
• His character was weak and volatile.他这个人意志薄弱，喜怒无常。