Intensive Reading-The problem with profits

rig

情景释义:

When you rig something, you connect parts in a way that's just so crazy it might work. You could rig your jeans by using a paper clip to replace a button that pops.

主要释义:

a tall structure fitted with equipment for getting oil or gas out of the ground or from under the bottom of the sea

a large truck that consists of two parts, one for the engine and the driver and the other for carrying a load

a set of equipment used for a particular activity

to influence something such as an election in a dishonest way in order to produce a particular result(符合本文的义项)

to prepare a ship for use by fitting all the ropes, sails etc

to provide something with a piece of equipment, especially secretly

rig with: A car rigged with explosives had been parked next to the bus only minutes earlier.

原句:two-thirds of Americans believe the economy is rigged in favour of vested interests.

例句:

a drilling rig / an oil rig

a lighting rig

Officials denied that the competition had been rigged.

The stage was rigged the night before the concert.

insurgency

情景释义:

An insurgency is a movement within a country dedicated to overthrowing the government. An insurgency is a rebellion.

主要释义:

an attempt by a group of people to take control of their country by force

原句:Voters’ fury fuels the insurgencies of Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders and weaken insiders like Hillary Clinton.

例句:

He has led a violent armed insurgency for 15 years.

insider

主要释义:

someone within an organization or group who knows about all the things happening in it

a person who belongs to a certain club, society, organization, political party, or other group.(符合本文的义项)

a major stockholder, director, or officer of a company.

a person who has private or secret information about something not known to most others.

原句:Voters’ fury fuels the insurgencies of Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders and weaken insiders like Hillary Clinton.

例句:

According to a council insider, the library’s budget is to be cut again.

corrosive

主要释义:

a corrosive substance contains chemicals that can cause damage

causing gradual damage to something such as a society, an institution, or a relationship(符合本文的义项)

原句:a corrosive lack of competition

例句:

a highly corrosive substance

the corrosive effect of money in sport

corrosive criticism; corrosive wit   恶意讽刺的批评;恶作剧性的机智

naughty

主要释义:

a naughty child behaves badly and does not do what you ask them to

a naughty adult does something that they know they should not do(符合本文的义项)

a naughty joke, picture, or postcard is sexual in a rude but funny way

原句:The naughty secret of American firms is that life at home is much easier

例句:

a naughty boy

a naughty wink

naughty words / naughty drawings

equity

主要释义:

a trade union for actors

a fair and reasonable way of behaving towards people, so that everyone is treated in the same way

a system for obtaining a fair result when existing laws do not provide a solution

the value of a property after you have taken away the amount left to pay on the mortgage

company shares that can be bought and sold on a stock market

temple

主要释义:

a building used for worship in some religions, typically religions other than Christianity

the flat area on either side of your forehead next to your eyes

原句:America is meant to be a temple of free enterprise.

例句:

an ancient Greek/​Roman/​Egyptian temple

Threads of silver ran through his beard and the hair at his temples.

compete away

原句:Some companies are capable of sustained excellence, but most would expect to see their profits competed away.

例句:

But lowering trade barriers can help compete away monopoly profits.

而降低贸易壁垒有助于通过竞争减少垄断利润。

hyper-profitability   超盈利能力

relating to a form of Christianity in which church services are very lively and people express their religious beliefs in an open and enthusiastic way

someone who is evangelical is very enthusiastic about something and likes to tell other people how good it is

He spoke with evangelical fervour.speak

munch

释义:

to eat something using your teeth and jaws in a noisy way

fat margins  丰厚的利润

dip

熟词生义

V

to move, or to move something downwards

to become less

例句:

Joe dipped his head towards her for a quick kiss.

Public support for the project has dipped sharply.

Our profits dipped 30%.

N

a quick swim

a reduction in the amount or level of something

a thick cold sauce for dipping pieces of food into before eating them

a place in a surface that is lower than the surrounding area

例句:

Let’s take a dip in the pool.

The dip in the share price wiped £36.8 million off the value of the company yesterday.

The President’s popularity took a dip before the election.

There’s a dip in the road.

entrenched

释义:

entrenched attitudes or feelings have existed for a long time and are difficult to change

target

主要释义:

to try to persuade or to influence a particular group of people

to criticize or to work against a particular person or group that you oppose

原句:Microsoft is making double the profits it did when antitrust regulators targeted the software firm in 2000.

例句:

The billboards had been targeting travellers at airports.

television advertising that is targeted at children

The company had been targeted by environmentalists.

Police are specifically targeting criminal gangs.

merger

释义:

the process of combining two companies or organizations to form a bigger one

例句:

The merger will create the biggest television company in the country.

mesh

主要释义:

a piece of material like a net, made from a lot of closely connected wires, strings etc

if parts of an engine or other machine mesh, they connect with each other tightly and work together

例句:

a wire mesh fence

The new software should mesh well with our existing systems.

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