pounding/designate/horde 熱詞手帳

熱詞手帳（No. 258）

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pounding

[?pa?nd??]

n.重擊，重創

incite

[?n?sa?t]

v.刺激，促使；煽動

clamp down

取締；壓制

「

ThepoundingFacebook is taking isincitingselling pressure across the sector. Investors are fearful that regulators will start toclamp downon Big Tech following the revelations about how data at Facebook may have been manipulated.

Facebook遭受的衝擊正給整個板塊帶來拋售壓力。投資者擔心，在有關Facebook的數據可能被操縱的消息曝光後，監管機構將開始打壓科技巨擘。

來源：《Facebook data storm wipes $35bn off market value/數據醜聞重創Facebook股價》

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designate

[?dez?gne?t]

v.指定；把…定名為

pedestrian crossing

[p??destri?n ?kr?si?]

n.人行橫道

「

The woman was crossing the road, apparently without using adesignatedpedestrian crossing,when she was struck by the Uber vehicle, a Volvo, according to the police.

據警方介紹，被優步所用的沃爾沃汽車撞倒的女子當時在過馬路，顯然沒有使用指定的人行橫道。

來源：《Uber halts self-driving car tests after fatal collision/優步自動駕駛汽車撞死行人》

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horde

[h?:d]

n.一大群

wobbly

[?w?bli]

adj.搖晃的

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When I moved to Beijing two years ago, I was pleasantly surprised to find that cycling to work became much easier. Last spring, I noticed I was suddenly sharing the bike lane withhordes of wobblybeginners.

兩年前搬到北京時，我驚喜地發現，在這裡騎車上班要容易得多。去年春天我注意到，我突然要與許多搖搖晃晃的初學騎行者共享自行車道。

來源：《Bike sharing in China: Ofo, Mobike and the lure of two wheels/共享單車浪潮讓個體修車攤難以為繼》

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