
The Economist-20230923期「Business」
The Economist-20230923期「Business」American carmakers: Strike while the engine is hot
✔️外刊原句:The latest reverberation of this historic shock is now rippling through the four-yearly contract negotiations between Detroit’s “big three” carmakers and its biggest trade union.
✔️翻译:这一历史性冲击的最新影响目前正在底特律(Detroit) “三大”汽车制造商与其最大的工会之间为期四年的合同谈判中荡漾开来。
✔️ 词汇:
ripple 波纹;涟漪
trade union 公会
The TUC: the Trade Union Congress 英国工会代表大会
✔️ reverberation /rɪˌvɜː.bərˈeɪ.ʃən/
1⃣ a sound that lasts for a long time and makes things seem to shake
回响,回荡
She felt the reverberation(s) in her chest and cursed the drilling outside.
室外的电钻声震得她心肺不舒服,她不由得咒骂起来。
2⃣ effects that spread and affect a lot of people
震撼;产生广泛影响
This move is likely to have reverberations throughout the health service.
这一举措很可能会在整个医疗卫生服务系统产生巨大影响。
✔️ 联想词
reverb 混响
acoustic 声学的
acoustics 音响
echo 重复,反射
resonance 回响, 回荡
resonant 共鸣的
sound 使发声
attenuation 变薄,稀薄化,变细,衰减
muffled 听不清的
distortion 变形
