Day 1丨Amazon's Empire

词汇梳理

1.HBO 家庭影院

Home Box Office(HBO) is an American premium cable and satellite TV network.

2.cable channel 有线（电视）频道

3.sprinkler 洒水装置

mechanical device that attaches to a garden hose（水管） for watering lawn or garden

4.S&P 500 index 标准普尔500指数

An American stock market index based on the market capitalizations of 500 large companies having common stock listed on the NYSE or NASDAQ.（记录美国500家上市公司的一个股票指数。）

5.market capitalisation 市值

an estimation of the value of a business that is obtained by multiplying the number of shares outstanding by the current price of a share

6.tick off the pitfalls 列出几个潜在的危机（困难）

put a check mark on or near or next to

迅速报出；列举(项目)：

He ticked off the names of the guests.  （他快速地说出了客人们的名字。）

7.nudge 轻推

If you nudge someone or something into a place or position, you gently push them there.

nudged him into the sitting room.  

8.beef up 加强

If you beef up something, you increase, strengthen, or improve it.

The analyst says the company has to beef up its sales staff to offset turnover.

9.whinge about 抱怨

to keep complaining in an annoying way

Stop whindgeing about the situation and accept it.

10.resolutely 坚决地；毅然地

showing firm determination or purpose

She resolutely refused to look at him or speak to him.

11.propel its two principal businesses 推进它的两项主要业务

To propel something in a particular direction means to cause it to move in that direction.

12.streaming video  视频流

13.prophecy 预言

A statement in which someone says they strongly believe that a particular thing will happen.

14.debacle 彻底失败

A debacle is an event or attempt that is a complete failure. 

People believed it was a privilege to die for your country, but after the debacle of the war they never felt the same again.

15.crank out cash 大幅盈利

If you say that a company or person cranks out a quantity of similar things, you mean they produce them quickly, in the same way, and are usually implying that the things are not original or are of poor quality.

16.wingspan 翼

The wingspan of a bird, insect, or aeroplane is the distance from the end of one wing to the end of the other wing.

But of course as I reflect I realize my wingspan will never be wide enough.

17.bloated 庞大、肿胀

If you describe an organization as bloated, you mean that it is too big and does not work effectively.

This is a game that Microsoft, with its bloated bureaucracy does not want to play.

18.air-freight hub  空运中心

19.Kentucky  肯塔基州

20.cash register  收银机，现金出纳机

21.Seen through this lens  由此看来

Seen through this longer-term lens, the competition among these companies will ultimately come down to what it always come down to — who has the better games.

22.pristine 未受损的，纯净的

immaculately clean and unused

But, of course, this region has always been pristine frontier, rugged and challenging.

23.well-regarded  有声望的，受人尊敬的，有良好道德品质的

24.Harris poll  哈里斯民意测验法  

25.a boon to  对...来说是福音

You can describe something as a boon when it makes life better or easier for someone. 

26.clout  影响力,势力

A person or institution that has clout has influence and power. 

Mr. Sutherland may have the clout needed to push the two trading giants into a deal.

27.inflammatory  使人激愤的

If you accuse someone of saying or doing inflammatory things, you mean that what they say or do is likely to make people react very angrily. 

...nationalist policies that are too drastic and inflammatory.

...the posting of inflammatory content on Facebook.

28.chip away  打击、攻击

Though try to chip away Mr.Obama's healthcare legislatioin...

29.predatory pricing  掠夺性订价