250.经济学人-The business of survival-1

250.经济学人-The business of survival-1

Most bosses and workers have been through economic crises before.

They know that each time the agony is different—and that each time entrepreneurs and firms adapt and bounce back.

Even so, the shock ripping through the business world is daunting.

With countries accounting for over 50% of world gdp in lockdown, the collapse in commercial activity is far more severe than in previous recessions.

The exit path from lockdowns will be precarious, with uneasy consumers, a stop-start rhythm that inhibits efficiency, and tricky new health protocols.

And in the long run the firms that survive will have to master a new environment as the crisis and the response to it accelerate three trends: an energising adoption of new technologies, an inevitable retreat from freewheeling global supply chains and a worrying rise in well-connected oligopolies.


这是《经济学人》2020年4月刊的一篇文章'The business of survival'第1段,共6句。

0、

'The business of survival'是整篇文章的标题,这里译作:生存之道

1、

大部分老板和员工都曾经历过经济危机。

2、

{'agony':'极度痛苦'}

{'entrepreneurs':'企业家'}

{'bounce':'弹起'}

他们知道每一次的苦难都是不同的--(也知道)每一次企业家和公司最终都会适应并且触底反弹。

3、

{'ripping':'刺破,扯开'}

{'daunting':'令人畏惧的'}

即便如此,这次商业世界的地动山摇也让人十分畏惧。

4、

{'collapse':'坍塌,倒闭'}

{'severe':'恶劣的'}

随着全球超过50%国家和地区的GDP受限制,这次商业活动的崩溃远比之前经济衰退时期(的坍塌)严重。

5、

{'precarious':'不稳定的'}

{'rhythm':'节奏、规律'}

{'inhibits':'抑制,阻止'}

{'protocols':'协议'}

这句换关键词是'with',后面是三句短语组成的,整句翻译:由于有担忧的消费者、抑制效率的停-起节奏以及令人棘手的新健康协议,封锁的推出之路摇摇欲坠。

6、

{'accelerate':'加速'}

{'energising':'激励'}

{'inevitable':'不可避免的'}

{'oligopolies':'寡头垄断'}

从长远来看,随着危机的爆发和应对措施的加速,生存下来的企业将不得不掌握一个新的环境:新技术的大力采用、全球供应链自由化的必然退却以及关联良好的寡头垄断令人担忧的上升。

--总结--

这段话没有太难的语法,需要掌握的词汇比较多。

【词汇部分】

{'agony':'极度痛苦'}

{'entrepreneurs':'企业家'}

{'bounce':'弹起'}

{'ripping':'刺破,扯开'}

{'daunting':'令人畏惧的'}

{'collapse':'坍塌,倒闭'}

{'severe':'恶劣的'}

{'precarious':'不稳定的'}

{'rhythm':'节奏、规律'}

{'inhibits':'抑制,阻止'}

{'protocols':'协议'}

{'accelerate':'加速'}

{'energising':'激励'}

{'inevitable':'不可避免的'}

{'oligopolies':'寡头垄断'}

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