▍原文
Alibaba founder Jack Ma has a new title: owner of “Ma’s Kitchen.”
China’s most famous tech billionaire has thrown his weight behind a newly formed startup, whose name in English translates to “Hangzhou Ma’s Kitchen Food.”
The new venture will focus on the sale of pre-packaged food, imports and exports, and selling “edible agricultural products.”
▍語言點(diǎn)
1. title /?ta?t(?)l/ n. 標(biāo)題;稱號(hào),頭銜,職位
· She has been awarded the title Professor.
她獲得了教授的職稱。
2. tech billionaire 科技富豪
· the high-tech industry 高科技產(chǎn)業(yè)
· billionaire /?b?lj??ner/ n. 億萬富翁
3. throw one’s weight behind sth. 鼎力支持某事(to use one’s influence to supportsth.)
· weight /we?t/ n. 重要性;影響
· The university threw its weight behind the new research project.
這所大學(xué)全力支持了一個(gè)新研究。
4. startup /?stɑ?rt?p/ n. 初創(chuàng)公司
· a newly formed startup 一個(gè)新成立的初創(chuàng)公司
5. venture /?vent??r/ n. 有風(fēng)險(xiǎn)的企業(yè)或商業(yè)活動(dòng) v. 冒險(xiǎn)去(某個(gè)地方、做某件事、說某句話等)
· 近義表達(dá):adventure
· venture into the unknown 冒險(xiǎn)進(jìn)入未知世界
· a lucrative business venture 一個(gè)有利可圖的商業(yè)項(xiàng)目
6. the sale of pre-packaged food 預(yù)包裝食品銷售
· pre-packaged food 預(yù)包裝食品(food already wrapped in a container)
· ready meal 預(yù)制菜
7. imports and exports 商品進(jìn)出口
· import /??mp??rt/ n. 進(jìn)口商品
· export /?eksp??rt/ n. 出口商品
8. selling edible agriculturalproducts 食用農(nóng)產(chǎn)品零售
· edible /?ed?b(?)l/ adj. 可食用的
· non-edible /?nɑ?n-?ed?b(?)l/ adj. 不可食用的
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