乔布斯传 第220期:海盗弃船(10)

 　　After a few days of failed efforts to reach a settlement with Jobs,

　　几天后，双方仍然未能达成一致，

　　Sculley and the Apple board decided¹ to sue him "for breaches² of fiduciary³ obligations."

　　斯卡利和苹果公司董事会决定起诉乔布斯，称其“违背受托义务”。

　　The suit spelled out his alleged⁴ transgressions⁵:

　　该诉讼清楚地列出了乔布斯被指控的罪状：

　　Notwithstanding his fiduciary obligations to Apple, Jobs,

　　作为苹果公司的董事长和领导者，

　　while serving as the Chairman of Apple's Board of Directors and an officer of Apple and pretending loyalty⁶ to the interests of Apple...

　　乔布斯理应忠于苹果公司的利益，但他不顾对苹果公司负有的受托义务……

　　乔布斯传

　　(a) secretly planned the formation of an enterprise to compete with Apple;

　　(a)暗中计划组建一家公司与苹果公司竞争；

　　(b) secretly schemed that his competing enterprise would wrongfully take advantage of and utilize⁷ Apple's plan to design, develop and market the Next Generation Product...

　　(b)暗中策划其竞争企业不正当地利用苹杲公司的计划来设计、开发和营销新一代产品……

　　(c) secretly lured⁸ away key employees of Apple.

　　(c)暗中挖走苹果公司的重要员工。

　　At the time, Jobs owned 6.5 million shares of Apple stock, 11% of the company, worth more than $100 million.

　　当时，乔布斯拥有650万股苹果股票，占该公司的11%，价值超过1亿美元。

　　He began to sell his shares, and within five months had dumped them all,

　　他立即开始卖出自己的股票。仅仅5个月，他就将所有的苹果股票都卖掉了，

　　retaining only one share so he could attend shareholder⁹ meetings if he wanted.

　　只留下了1股，这样如果自己愿意，就能参加股东会议。

　　He was furious, and that was reflected in his passion to start what was, no matter how he spun¹⁰ it, a rival company.

　　愤怒让乔布斯拼命想要创办一家苹果公司的--无论他如何以他的方式描述这个故事--竞争企业。

　　"He was angry at Apple," said Joanna Hoffman, who briefly¹¹ went to work for the new company.

　　“他对苹果很气愤。”加入新公司的乔安娜·霍夫曼表示。

　　"Aiming at the educational market, where Apple was strong, was simply Steve being vengeful. He was doing it for revenge."

　　“苹果在教育市场已经很强，新公司针对该市场只是因为史蒂夫的报复心和愤懑。他这么做都是为了复仇。”

1 decided   

adj.决定了的，坚决的；明显的，明确的

参考例句：

• This gave them a decided advantage over their opponents.这使他们比对手具有明显的优势。
• There is a decided difference between British and Chinese way of greeting.英国人和中国人打招呼的方式有很明显的区别。

2 breaches   

破坏( breach的名词复数 )； 破裂； 缺口； 违背

参考例句：

• He imposed heavy penalties for breaches of oath or pledges. 他对违反誓言和保证的行为给予严厉的惩罚。
• This renders all breaches of morality before marriage very uncommon. 这样一来，婚前败坏道德的事就少见了。

3 fiduciary   

adj.受托的，信托的

参考例句：

• A company director owes a fiduciary duty to the company.公司董事应对公司负责受托人责任。
• He was acting in a fiduciary capacity.他以受托人身份行为。

4 alleged   

a.被指控的，嫌疑的

参考例句：

• It was alleged that he had taken bribes while in office. 他被指称在任时收受贿赂。
• alleged irregularities in the election campaign 被指称竞选运动中的不正当行为

5 transgressions   

n.违反，违法，罪过( transgression的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• Many marine transgressions occur across coastal plains. 许多海运是横越滨海平原。 来自辞典例句
• For I know my transgressions, and my sin always before me. 因为我知道我的过犯，我的罪常在我面前。 来自互联网

6 loyalty   

n.忠诚，忠心

参考例句：

• She told him the truth from a sense of loyalty.她告诉他真相是出于忠诚。
• His loyalty to his friends was never in doubt.他对朋友的一片忠心从来没受到怀疑。

7 utilize   

vt.使用，利用

参考例句：

• The cook will utilize the leftover ham bone to make soup.厨师要用吃剩的猪腿骨做汤。
• You must utilize all available resources.你必须利用一切可以得到的资源。

8 lured   

吸引，引诱（lure的过去式与过去分词形式）

参考例句：

• The child was lured into a car but managed to escape. 那小孩被诱骗上了车，但又设法逃掉了。
• Lured by the lust of gold,the pioneers pushed onward. 开拓者在黄金的诱惑下，继续奋力向前。

9 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。

10 spun   

v.纺，杜撰，急转身

参考例句：

• His grandmother spun him a yarn at the fire.他奶奶在火炉边给他讲故事。
• Her skilful fingers spun the wool out to a fine thread.她那灵巧的手指把羊毛纺成了细毛线。

11 briefly   

adv.简单地，简短地

参考例句：

• I want to touch briefly on another aspect of the problem.我想简单地谈一下这个问题的另一方面。
• He was kidnapped and briefly detained by a terrorist group.他被一个恐怖组织绑架并短暂拘禁。