夏说英语新闻晨读 第423期:阿里向饿了么狂砸30亿美金

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Alibaba shares rose on Thursday as it reported a 61 per cent surge in revenues in the quarter to the end of June, but profits failed to keep pace, squeezing margins². The Chinese ecommerce group also announced that together with SoftBank, the Japanese tech investment group that is a major shareholder³ and regular co-investee, it would pump $3bn into its food delivery operations, which are locked in battle with Tencent-backed Meituan Dianping. The move will see Alibaba combine its food delivery app Ele.me and its local services group Koubei into a new holding company.

surge: n. 激增
soar: n./v. 急剧增加；高涨
collapse⁴: n./v. 崩盘；暴跌
slump⁵: n./v. 暴跌；下降
squeeze: vt. 挤
margin¹: n. 利润
together with: 和……一起；连同
SoftBank: n. 日本软银公司
shareholder: n. 股东
pump: vt. 注入
be locked in: 被……困住
combine: vt. 使联合；合并
holding company: 控股公司

1 margin   

n.页边空白；差额；余地，余裕；边，边缘

参考例句：

• We allowed a margin of 20 minutes in catching the train.我们有20分钟的余地赶火车。
• The village is situated at the margin of a forest.村子位于森林的边缘。

2 margins   

边( margin的名词复数 )； 利润； 页边空白； 差数

参考例句：

• They have always had to make do with relatively small profit margins. 他们不得不经常设法应付较少的利润额。
• To create more space between the navigation items, add left and right margins to the links. 在每个项目间留更多的空隙，加左或者右的margins来定义链接。

3 shareholder   

n.股东，股票持有人

参考例句：

• The account department have prepare a financial statement for the shareholder.财务部为股东准备了一份财务报表。
• A shareholder may transfer his shares in accordance with the law.股东持有的股份可以依法转让。

4 collapse   

vi.累倒；昏倒；倒塌；塌陷

参考例句：

• The country's economy is on the verge of collapse.国家的经济已到了崩溃的边缘。
• The engineer made a complete diagnosis of the bridge's collapse.工程师对桥的倒塌做了一次彻底的调查分析。

5 slump   

n.暴跌，意气消沉，（土地）下沉；vi.猛然掉落，坍塌，大幅度下跌

参考例句：

• She is in a slump in her career.她处在事业的低谷。
• Economists are forecasting a slump.经济学家们预言将发生经济衰退。