精讀班第三篇：The myth of cyber-security
Day 1：words and expressions
1.a contradiction in terms自相矛盾的術(shù)語
2.takeover n.收購；接管
takeover and merger 接管與兼并
a hostile takeover敵對接管
3.derail v.使嗅回。露戒。脫軌—>破壞
The agricultural deadlock could really derail the whole project.這一農(nóng)產(chǎn)品僵局可能真的要破壞整個項目世澜。
Border conflicts could derail so much of the progress使進(jìn)展脫離軌道that we hope to achieve here.
4.extortion n.勒索播演；搶奪
They were aggrieved by oppression and extortion.他們遭受壓迫與榨取的痛苦沧烈。
Extortion market勒索市場
5.the Internet of Things 物聯(lián)網(wǎng)
6.prosthetics義肢
7.orthotics矯正器
8.wizardry n.杰出的成就暗赶；非凡的才能
technical wizardry高新科學(xué)技術(shù)
religion and wizardry宗教與巫術(shù)
9.paranoia n.妄想癥彤避；偏執(zhí)狂
10.of all stripes各行各業(yè)
e.g. companies of all stripes
11.bug bounty program漏洞獎勵計劃：廣招包括駭客在內(nèi)的資案高手幫忙抓漏
def：whereby firms reward ethical hackers for discovering flaws so thatthey can be fixed before they are taken advantage of
12.afterthought n.事后想法
The last part of the report had just been grafted on as an afterthought.這份報告的最后部分像是事后想起加上去的扰魂。
13.counsel n.建議麦乞；法律顧問
a counsel of despair 知難而退的建議
a counsel of perfection 聽上去完美卻難以實行的建議
keep your own counsel 不暴露自己的意圖
14.straitened a.貧窮的
It is straitened in time.時間太緊迫了。
Is raising cash in straitened times a sign of weakness?在市場資金緊缺時期籌資是疲弱的跡象嗎劝评？
15.gizmo n.小玩意兒姐直；小裝置
an exceptionally compact gizmo特別精簡的小發(fā)明
16.botnet n.僵尸網(wǎng)絡(luò)（指受惡意軟件控制的計算機群）
botnet spam垃圾郵件
17.malware n.惡意軟件（電腦病毒等）
18.moot n.討論、a.無考慮意義的蒋畜、v.提出供討論
a moot point/question懸而未決的事情声畏；有爭議的問題
19.excoriate v.擦傷；嚴(yán)厲指責(zé)姻成；痛斥
syn：denounce插龄，berate，rebuke
20.recourse n.求助科展；追索權(quán)
legal recourse法律追索權(quán)
21.carve out開辟均牢；分割
carve out a niche爭取一席之地
carve out a precarious life開拓了一種不穩(wěn)定的生活
