英语新闻听写 苹果电子书案彻底败诉

In 2010, Apple launched its iBooks store and at the time it was very controversial.

2010年，苹果发布应用iBooks，此后一直争议不断。

The company was looking to dethrone Amazon in the world of ebooks, but the way it went about it led to some serious legal headaches.

苹果有意打倒亚马逊垄断地位，但却惹上法律纠纷。

Now with all its avenues exhausted¹, Apple is being forced to pay out $450 million to book buyers.

束手无策，苹果只能向消费者赔偿4.5亿美元。

According to the Justice Department, Apple violated the Sherman Antitrust Act when it worked with five major publishers to inflate² the price consumers paid for books.

据司法部表示，苹果违反《谢尔曼法反托拉斯法》，与五家出版社操纵电子书价格。

1 exhausted   

adj.极其疲惫的，精疲力尽的

参考例句：

• It was a long haul home and we arrived exhausted.搬运回家的这段路程特别长，到家时我们已筋疲力尽。
• Jenny was exhausted by the hustle of city life.珍妮被城市生活的忙乱弄得筋疲力尽。

2 inflate   

vt.使膨胀，使骄傲，抬高（物价）

参考例句：

• The buyers bid against each other and often inflate the prices they pay.买主们竞相投标，往往人为地提高价钱。
• Stuart jumped into the sea and inflated the liferaft.斯图尔特跳到海里给救生艇充气。