2018年10月16日 星期二

1071016-2 Taipei Times學習筆記


Innolux Corp (群創), a panelmaking arm of Hon Hai Precision Industry Co (鴻海精密), yesterday promoted president Robert Hsiao (蕭志弘) to vice chairman to assume the management of a TV assembly business in India for its client Sharp Corp.
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學習字詞
(詞性)
字詞意義
例句
建檔日期
0001
arm
(n[c])
An arm of an organization is a part of it that is responsible for a particular activity or place.
職能部門;分支機構,分部
The British company is one arm of a large multinational.
這家英國公司是一家龐大的跨國公司的分部。
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0002
multinational
(n[c])
a large and powerful company that produces and sells goods in many different countries
跨國公司
Are multinationals now more powerful than governments?
現在跨國公司比政府更有影響力嗎?
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0003
assume
(v[t])
to take or begin to have responsibility or control, sometimes without the right to do so, or to begin to have a characteristic
承擔,擔任;僭取,奪取;呈現,具有
The new president assumes office at midnight tonight.
新總統在今晚午夜就職。
The terrorists assumed control of the plane and forced it to land in the desert.
恐怖分子控制了飛機,並使其迫降在沙漠中。
The issue has assumed considerable political proportions (= has become a big political problem).
這已經變成一個很大的政治問題。
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0004
proportion
(n[u])
used in a number of phrases to mean importance and seriousness
重要性,嚴重性
You have to keep a sense of proportion (= the ability to understand what is important and what is not).
你得會辨別輕重緩急。
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0005
in proportion to
與……成比例;與……相稱
Do you think we are paid in proportion to the hours we work?
你認為我們的薪水與工作時間相稱嗎?
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0006
out of proportion to
不成比例;不相稱
His earnings were out of proportion to his skill and ability.
他的收入同他的技術和能力極不成比例。
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