英二-2023-Section 1 摘自blinkist.com网站,一本名为《Hacking Growth: How Today’s Fastest-Growing Drive Breakout Success》(增长黑客:如何低成本实现爆发式成长)的书的摘要。
以下为个人解析,非官方公开标准资料,可能有误,仅供参考。(单词解释仅摘出部分词性和意思)
以下黄色记号部分为完形填空部分
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- Here’s a common scenario that any number of entrepreneurs face today: you’re the CEO of a small business, and though you’re making a nice profit1, you need to find a way to take it to the next level.
- 翻译:任何数量的企业家如今都面临这样一个共同的情况:你们是一个小公司的CEO,同时你们创造了很好的利润,你们需要寻找一条道路来使公司更进一步。
- 解释:
scenarion.情况entrepreneurn.企业家
1)[A] purchase
n.购买、采购
[B] profitn.利润
[C] connectionn.联系、连接
[D] betn.赌注、打赌
- What you need to do is prioritize2 growth by establishing a growth team.
- 翻译:你所需要的是优先处理公司的成长:建立一个成长性团队。
- 解释:
prioritizev.优先处理growthn.成长establishv.建立teamn.团队
2)[A] define
v.定义
[B] predictv.预测
[C] prioritizev.优先处理
[D] appreciatev.感谢
- A growth team is made up of members from different departments within your company, and it harnesses the power of collaboration to focus exclusively3 on finding ways to grow.
- 翻译:成长团队的成员来自你公司的不同部门,并且团队利用合作的力量全力为企业寻求成长。
- 解释:
made up由…构成departmentn.部门withinprep.在…之中harnessv.利用、控制,n马具the power of…的权力、力量collaborationn.合作exclusivelyadv.完全地、排他地- 这个空的选项是副词,是对focus的修饰,根据上下文,组织这个独立部门的目的,是为组织谋划发展,而且应该是专注于这件事
- [A] exclusively
adv.排他地、完全地
[B] temporarilyadv.暂时地
[C] potentiallyadv.潜在地
[D] initiallyadv.最初、开始
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- Let’s look at a real-world example4.
- 翻译:让我们来看一个真实世界的例子。
- [A] experiment
n.实验
[B] proposaln建议
[C] debaten.辩论
[D] examplen.例子
- Prior to forming a growth team, the software company BitTorrent had 50 employees working in the traditional5 departments of engineering, marketing and product development.
- 翻译:在组成成长团队之前,BitTorrent软件公司有50位员工,工作于工程、市场和产品研发这样的传统部门。
- 解释:
prioradj.优先的prior to固定搭配,在…之前,类似的还有similar to与…相似;close to接近、靠近;next to紧挨着、在…旁边
5)[A] identical
adj.相同的
[B] marginaladj.边缘的
[C] provisionaladj.临时的
[D] traditionaladj.传统的
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This brought them good results until 2012, when their growth plateaued.
- 翻译:这为他们带来了很好的结果,直到2012,他们的增长开始保持稳定。
- 解释:
plateauev.保持稳定水平
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The problem6 was that too many customers were using the basic, free version of their product.
- 翻译:发生这种变化的问题,是太多的客户用着他们推出的基础的、免费的产品版本。
- 解释:
customern.客户versionn.版本
6)[A] rumor
n.谣言
[B] secretn.秘密
[C] mythn.神话
[D] problemn.问题
- And despite7 improvements to the premium, paid version, few people were making the upgrade.
- 翻译:而且尽管BT推出了高级的、付费的版本,却鲜有人去升级系统。
- 解释:
improvementn.改善、改进premiumadj.优质的、高昂的fewdet./adj.很少的upgraden.升级
7)[A] despite
prep.尽管
[B] unlikeprep.不像
[C] throughprep.穿过
[D] besidesprep.此外
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- Things changed, however8, when an innovative project marketing manager came aboard, created9 a growth team and sparked the kind of fresh10 perspective they needed.
- 翻译:然而,情况变了,当一位具备创新精神的市场营销项目经理上任后,创立了一个成长团队并迸发出他们需要的那种新鲜想法。
- 解释:
innovativeadj.创新的projectn.项目marketingn.市场营销managern.经理aboardadv.在甲板上sparkv.引发、冒火花perspectiven.观点
8)[A] moreover
adv.此外
[B] howeveradv.然而
[C] thereforeadv.因此
[D] againadv.再一次
9)[A] inspectedv.审查
[B] createdv.创造
[C] expandedv.扩展
[D] reformedv.改革
10)[A] culturaladj.文化的
[B] objectiveadj.客观的
[C] freshadj.新鲜的
[D] personaladj.个人的
- By looking at engineering issues from a marketing point of view, it became clear that the lack11 of upgrades wasn’t due to a quality issue.
- 翻译:利用营销角度来审视工程问题,缺少升级的问题就变得清晰,不是出在质量问题上。
- 解释:
issuen.问题
11)[A] end
n.结束
[B] burdenn.负担
[C] lackn.缺乏
[D] decreasen.减少
- Most customers were simply unaware of the premium version and what it offered.
- 翻译:大多数客户仅仅只是没有注意到高级版本提供了什么内容。
- 解释:
mostdet.大多数simplyadv.简单地unawarev.注意、认识
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- Armed with this insight12, the marketing and engineering teams joined forces to raise awareness by prominently promoting13 the premium version to users of the free version.
- 翻译:凭借着这种洞察力,营销和工程团队联合起来,通过显著地向使用免费版本的用户推广高级版本,来提升用户对高级版本的认识。
- 解释:
armv.武装、装备;n.手臂;Armed with:武装着,这里是一个比喻,表示“凭借”或“拥有”某种知识或信息。insightn.洞察力joinv.参加,联合forcen.力量raisev.增强、增加、上升awarenessn.认识、意识、兴趣prominentlyadv.突出地、显著地promotev.推广、推动、促进
12)[A] policy
n.政策
[B] suggestionn.建议
[C] purposen.目的
[D] insightn.洞察力
13)[A] contributing 动名词 贡献
[B] allocating 动名词 分配
[C] promoting 动名词 促进
[D] transferring 动名词 转移
- As a result14, upgrades skyrocketed, and revenue increased by 92 percent.
- 翻译:这样做的结果,升级激增,并且收入增加了92%。
- 解释:
skyrocketv.飞涨、猛涨,这个词可能超纲了,但是其实只要认得revenue就无所谓,这个夹在两个逗号之间,又这么短的内容,一般是可以忽略的revenuen.财政收入
14)[A] As a result 作为结果
[B] At any rate 无论如何,不管怎样
[C] By the way 顺便说一下
[D] In a sens 从某种意义上说
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But in order for your growth team to succeed, it needs to have a strong leader.
- 翻译:不过若是想让你的成长团队取得成功,它需要一位强大的领袖。
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lt needs someone who can unite15 the interdisciplinary team and keep them on course for improvement.
- 翻译:需要有人能够联合跨部门的团队,并维持团队去改进公司。
- 解释:
interdisciplinaryadj.跨学科的、跨职能的
15)[A] unite
v.联合
[B] financev.提供资金
[C] followv.跟随
[D] choosev.选择
- This leader will identify16 the target area, set clear goals and establish a time frame for the accomplishment17 of these goals.
- 翻译:该领袖将会识别目标领域,设置清晰的目标并为达成这些目标而建立时间框架。
- 解释:
targetn.目标、靶子goaln.目标,球门establishv.建立framen.框架
16)[A] share
v.分享
[B] identifyv.识别
[C] dividev.分开
[D] broadenv.增长、变宽
17)[A] announcementn.公告、宣告
[B] assessmentn.评估、看法
[C] adjustmentn.调整、适应
[D] accomplishmentn.完成、成就
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- The growth leader is also responsible18 for keeping the team focused on moving forward and steering them clear of distractions.
- 翻译:成长领袖也要负责让团队保持专注地前行、引导他们远离干扰。
- 解释:
responsibleadj.负责任的steerv.操纵、引导distractionn.分散注意力的事、娱乐消遣
18)[A] famous
adj.有名的
[B] responsibleadj.负责任的
[C] availableadj.可用的
[D] respectableadj.值得尊敬的
- While19 attractive new ideas can be distracting the team leader must recognize when these ideas don’t serve20 the current goal and need to be put on the back burner.
- 翻译:虽然吸引人的新想法可能会分散团队的注意力,但领导者必须认识到,当这些想法与当前目标不符时,需要将其搁置一旁。
- 解释:
attractiveadj.有吸引力的distractingadj.令人分心的recognizev.认识servev.服务Back burner是一个习语,意思是将某件事情或任务暂时搁置或推迟处理,以便优先处理其他更紧急或更重要的事情。这个短语源自于烹饪术语,指的是炉子后面的燃烧器,通常温度较低,用于保持食物温暖而不是立即烹饪。
19 [A] Before
con.在…之前
[B] Onceconj.一旦
[C] Whileconj.虽然
[D] Unlessconj.除非
20)[A] servev.服务、起作用
[B] limitv.限制
[C] summarizev.总结
[D] alterv.改变
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