夏说英语新闻晨读 第341期:Facebook泄露个人信息

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The US Federal Trade Commission is reported to be investigating Facebook after allegations that 50 million users' private information was misused¹ by a political consultancy firm. Cambridge Analytica (CA), hired by the Trump² campaign in the 2016 US election, has been accused of taking the personal data unknown to users. Facebook's stock has continued to slide, following a steep decline on Monday. Mr Zuckerberg did not attend a Facebook staff briefing on the crisis at its Californian headquarters on Tuesday, which was led by deputy general counsel Paul Grewal instead, the Daily Beast news site reports.

allegation: 指控
consultancy firm: 咨询公司
be accused of: 被指控做某事
stock：股票
slide：滑行；下跌
steep：陡峭的，猛烈的
briefing：短会，简会
headquarter：总部

1 misused   

v.使用…不当( misuse的过去式和过去分词 )；把…派作不正当的用途；虐待；滥用

参考例句：

• He misused his dog shamefully. 他可耻地虐待自己的狗。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• He had grossly misused his power. 他严重滥用职权。 来自《简明英汉词典》

2 trump   

n.王牌，法宝；v.打出王牌，吹喇叭

参考例句：

• He was never able to trump up the courage to have a showdown.他始终鼓不起勇气摊牌。
• The coach saved his star player for a trump card.教练保留他的明星选手，作为他的王牌。