day25
1、transpire 显露
2、favourite bangle 最喜爱的手镯
3、diamond bracelet 钻石手镯
4、aspirational 有抱负的
5、henceforward 今后
6、counsellor 顾问
7、ascension 提升
8、In the wake of 紧跟
9、injunction 禁令
10、snowflakes 雪花
11、pitch themselves at the highest echelons of luxury 标榜为最顶级的奢侈品
Day 26神句神词组
1. Last week, it was announced by the brand’s new president Abigail Klem (who stepped into the role in January) that the aspirational, fine-jewellery collection of which this bracelet was a prized example will henceforward be folded into the main line and made more accessible.
上周,其同名品牌的新任总裁阿比盖尔•克兰姆(Abigail Klem,她自今年1月起开始担任该职务)宣布,以这款手镯为主打产品的梦幻高端珠宝系列今后将融入其主流产品线,并面向更广大的消费群体。换句话说,伊万卡•特朗普品牌开始放低身段走低价路线。
2. It’s tempting to read this as yet another woe in the catalogue of ills that have befallen the brand since President Donald Trump’s ascension to power.
或许可以将这一状况解读为该品牌遇到的又一个困难,自从唐纳德•特朗普(Donald Trump)就任总统执掌权力以来,该品牌就麻烦不断。
3. In particular, the brand’s inventory is skyrocketing on second-hand resale sites such as ThredUP, where demand for Ivanka Trump-branded products in conservative cities such as Houston in Texas is massively outstripping the rate at which more liberal-minded coastal-dwelling urbanites are purging themselves of them.
该品牌在ThredUP等二手衣物寄售网站上的存货数量迅速膨胀,而德克萨斯州休斯敦等保守城市地区对伊万卡•特朗普品牌产品的需求远远超过了沿海地区自由派城市居民抛弃该品牌的速度。
4. The business of fashion, accessories and especially jewellery is built on the basis, like those of cars and houses, that they are imbued with various life-enhancing qualities.
时尚、配饰、特别是珠宝行业,和汽车以及住房领域一样,是建立在一个基础之上的,即它们具备各种能够丰富生活的特质。
5. By buying into a brand, so the retail culture has it, we buy into a society of similarly-minded sophisticates who share our values and wallet size.
按照零售文化的说法,购买一个品牌的产品,将使我们进入一个和自己价值观以及经济实力相似、观点相像的人组成的小世界。
6. Most brands recognize that their survival depends on partnering with high-street retailers in collaborations that will bounce them into a broader market.
绝大多数品牌都意识到,他们的生存取决于与高街零售商结成伙伴展开合作,这能将他们推向更加广阔的市场。
神词组
1. Show an intense passion for 展现热情
2. Poor sales业绩惨淡
3. Increased publicity加大宣传
4. Give an unfair advantage over other competitors 优于其他竞争者的不公平优势
5. Permanent injunction 长期禁制令
6. Metropolitan, liberal, latte-drinking snowflakes 生活在大城市、喝着拿铁的自由主义小清新们
7. Sales increased/surged 销售额激增
8. Just as….so is… 正如…是如此
9. pitch themselves at the highest echelons of luxury 将自己标榜为最顶级的奢侈品
10. make them accessible to more ordinary folk 使普通大众也能拥有
11. accessible price 可以接受的价格
12. collaboration with/team-up with: 合作
13. Expand one’s entry-level offering 拓展一个品牌的入门级产品
14. accessible wilderness: 定位荒原
Day27
感觉每次读同一篇文章都能有更深入的发现!