Vocab:
1.HBO: home box office家庭影院
HBO is an American premium cable and satellite television network.
2. premise
[C] a statement or idea that you accept as true and use as a base for developing other ideas 前提
e.g.The idea that there is life on other planets is the central premise of the novel.
premise that
e.g. the premise that an accused person is innocent until they are proved guilty
在证明有罪之前被告无罪的前提
3. S&P
Stand&Poor's Corporation 标准普尔公司
Standard & Poor's Financial Services LLC (S&P) is an American financial services company. It is a division of McGraw Hill Financial that publishes financial research and analysis on stocks and bonds.
4. capitalisation: capitalization
an estimation of the value of a business.
market capitalization [经]市值
5. revenue
〔公司、机构的〕收益，收入
〔政府的〕税收
e.g. The purpose, though, would be not just to raise revenue but to change behavior.
6. tick off 列举；用记号标出
e.g. You can look back on your career and tick off a passel of accomplishments.
7.Cloud-computing 云计算
Cloud computing is a recently evolved computing terminology or metaphor based on utility and consumption of computing resources. Cloud computing involves deploying groups of remote servers and software networks that allow centralized data storage and online access to computer services or resources. Clouds can be classified as public, private or hybrid.
8. nudge
[T always + adv/prep] 轻推移动，推开
[I always + adv/prep] 〔缓慢地〕往前挤
nudge one's way
挤进；推进
e.g. But here we are again with US crude oil futures nudging $53 a barrel.
但是，我们再次看到美国原油期货触及每桶53美元高点。
9.beef up
增大，增加(数额)
加重，加强，增强…力量，增援；充实；扩大；提高；加油干，用劲干，尽力。
e.g. The UK has been on a mission to beef up its tech credentials in recent years.
10. unprecedented
adj. 空前的，前所未有的
e.g. In these past 60 years, NATO(North Atlantic Treaty Organization 北大西洋公约组织)has contributed to an unprecedented period of peace, freedom and prosperity for all its citizens.
11.basket case
1)N-COUNT If someone describes a country or organization as a basket case, they mean that its economy or finances are in a seriously bad state. (国家或机构的)经济状况极差
e.g.The country is an economic basket case with chronic unemployment and rampant crime.
2)N-COUNT If you describe someone as a basket case, you think that they are very nervous or unable to function. 非常紧张或者失态的人
e.g.You're going to think I'm a basket case when I tell you this.
当我告诉你这些的时候，你肯定会认为我失态了。
12. whinge: complain
唠叨；嘀咕 [+ about ]
e.g. Stop whingeing about the situation and accept it.
13. resolute
adj. 坚决的，坚定的
e.g. Americans are a resolute people, who have risen to every test of our time.
14. retailer
n. 零售商；零售商店
e.g. This capability helps the retailer keep their systems up all the time.
15. virtuous circle 良性循环
16. give sth a whirl 尝试某事
17. debacle
an event or attempt that is a complete failure. 彻底失败
e.g. People believed it was a privilege to die for your country, but after the debacle of the war they never felt the same again.
18. crank out 制成；粗制滥造
e.g. In 1933 the studio cranked out fifty-five feature films.
19. cashflow 现金流转
e.g. So their cashflow is better and they are able to expand their networks faster.
20. quadruple
1)four times as big or as many 四倍的
→ double ; triple
e.g. The subjects were given quadruple the normal dosage of the drug.
让实验对象服用了四倍于正常剂量的药物。
2)involving four things of the same kind 涉及四个的
e.g. a quadruple murder
四人遇害的凶杀案
21. logistics
n. 〔使计划成功的〕统筹安排，后勤（工作）；物流
22.reminiscent
令人想起的，怀旧的
e.g.We drank from wax-coated paper cups reminiscent of a visit to the dentist.
23.conglomerate
n. [C] 大型联合企业，企业集团
– retailer
24. presumably
adv. 可能，大概，据推测
e.g. Presumably it would have dropped further if the employee ownership plan hadnt been adopted.
25. v. 引发，激发〔尤指一系列事件〕
使爆炸；启动，引发
e.g. That could very well trigger another round of interviews with President Obama on Middle Eastern television stations.
26. antitrust
adj. 反垄断的，反托拉斯
27. lens
n. 〔照相机的〕镜头 | 透镜；镜片 | 〔眼球的〕晶状体
e.g. I wanted to make a powerful lens that would let me see even the smallest parts of life.
28. clout: n. [U] 〔影响他人决定的〕力量；权势 | [C] 〔用手的〕猛击
e.g. strengthen its leadership and international clout.
29. adjacent
adj. 邻近的，毗连的
e.g. The schools were adjacent but there were separate doors.
30. chip away at
削弱；损害；一点点地除掉；从…抽去实质性的东西
e.g. But competitors have begun to chip away at its dominance.
31. predatory 掠夺性的
e.g.But where were the resources to eliminate poverty and unemployment and end predatory policing in the black community?
Sentence Structure:
1. The former bookseller accounts for more than half of every new dollar spent online in America.
The former bookseller + accounts for + more than half of every new dollar (……)