標(biāo)題：蘋果vsEpic

Business Epic v Apple? Storing up trouble Let the courtroom battle commence

來源：每日英語聽力鬼悠，經(jīng)濟學(xué)人（匯總）

訴訟相關(guān)表達

issue? ? 訴訟議題畏妖；hearing? ? 聽證會持痰；

verdict????n.

1.（陪審團的）裁定涮拗，裁決跑芳，裁斷a decision that is made by a jury in court, stating if sb is considered guilty of a crime or not

2.~ (on sth/sb)（經(jīng)過檢驗或認(rèn)真考慮后的）決定箱蟆，結(jié)論，意見a decision that you make or an opinion that you give about sth, after you have tested it or considered it carefully

take a 30% cut on????從……中抽成30%怔檩；charge a 20% commission????收取20%的傭金

transaction????n.

1.[c]~ (between A and B)????（一筆）交易褪秀，業(yè)務(wù)，買賣a piece of business that is done between people, especially an act of buying or selling

2.[u]~ of sth????辦理薛训；處理the process of doing sth

violate?terms? ? 違反條款媒吗；breach contract 違反合同

responded with? ? 以……回?fù)?/p>

accused?sb?of?sth/doing? ? 指責(zé)

tweak?its rules? ? 調(diào)整規(guī)則

placate????v.~ sb????安撫；平息（怒氣）to make sb feel less angry about sth

the bulk of????adj.????大多數(shù);大部分

countersue? ??v.????反訴to?bring?a?lawsuit?against?somebody?who?is?suing?you

antitrust????adj.????反托拉斯的乙埃；反壟斷的preventing companies or groups of companies from controlling prices unfairly

exempt from????v.????使…免除

詞匯積累

bootn.????1.靴子????2.（汽車后部的）行李廂????3.[ususing](informal)猛踢a quick hard kick

[IDM]

be given the boot / get the boot(informal)????被解雇闸英；被拋棄锯岖；（和某人的關(guān)系）被解除to be told that you must leave your job or that a relationship you are having with sb is over

the boot is on the other foot情況正好相反；賓主易位used to say that a situation has changed so that sb now has power or authority over the person who used to have power or authority over them

put/stick the boot in猛踢（尤指倒地的人）to kick sb very hard, especially when they are on the ground

? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?????????乘人之危抨擊（某人）to attack sb by criticizing them when they are in a difficult situation

to boot（用作附帶評述）而且自阱，另外嚎莉，加之used to add a comment to sth that you have said

????????????v.

1.[t]~ sth + adv./prep.????猛踢to kick sb/sth hard with your foot

2.[i][t]~ (sth) (up)????裝入操作系統(tǒng)米酬；啟動（計算機）to prepare a computer for use by loading its operating system ; to be prepared in this way

3.[t](informal)????在（通常為非法停放的汽車）車輪上裝制動裝置if you or your car isbooted, a piece of equipment is fixed to the car's wheel so that you cannot drive it away, usually because the car is illegally parked

brazen? ? adj.

1.厚顏無恥的沛豌，明目張膽的open and without shame, usually about sth that people find shocking

2.黃銅制的；黃銅色的made of, or the colour of, brass

? ??????????????v.厚著臉皮干 (out, through)

feisty????adj.????堅決而據(jù)理力爭的strong, determined and not afraid of arguing with people

retort????v.（生氣或幽默地）反駁赃额，回嘴to reply quickly to a comment, in an angry, offended or humorous way

????????????n.????1.（生氣或幽默的）回應(yīng)加派，反駁a quick, angry or humorous reply????2.曲頸甑；曲頸瓶跳芳；蒸餾器

breach? ? n.

1.[c][u]~ of sth（對法規(guī)等的）違背芍锦，違犯a failure to do sth that must be done by law

2.[c][u]~ of sth破壞；辜負(fù)an action that breaks an agreement to behave in a particular way

3.[c]（關(guān)系）中斷飞盆，終止a break in a relationship between people or countries

4.[c]突破口娄琉；缺口；窟窿an opening that is created during a military attack or by strong winds or seas

????????????????v.

1.~ sth違反吓歇；違背to not keep to an agreement or not keep a promise

2.~ sth在…上打開缺口to make a hole in a wall, fence, etc. so that sb/sth can go through it

hinge on????v.????1.隨...而定????2.依賴

invite trouble????自找麻煩

admonish? ? v.

1.~ sb (for sth/for doing sth).+ speech????責(zé)備孽水；告誡；警告to tell sb firmly that you do not approve of sth that they have done

2.~ sb (to do sth)????力勸城看；忠告to strongly advise sb to do sth

lament????v.~ sth.~ that….+ speech對…感到悲痛女气；痛惜；對…表示失望to feel or express great sadness or disappointment about sb/sth

????????????????n.挽歌测柠；哀詩炼鞠；悼辭a song, poem or other expression of great sadness for sb who has died or for sth that has ended

2-25?Seeing what a promising profit engine it has turned into,?Apple's late boss would doubtless have?fought tooth and nail?to?hang on to it.眼看著蘋果應(yīng)用商店變成了前途光明的利潤引擎，這位已故的蘋果老板必定會竭盡全力地堅持下去轰胁。

fight tooth and nail????na.1.????狠狠地打;拼命干????2.“go at it/fight tooth and nail”的變體

hang on to it? ? 繼續(xù)下去

1-5 Fittingly, the legal deathmatch is happening online.一場法律上的死亡競賽恰好在網(wǎng)絡(luò)上展開谒主。

fittingly? ? adv.????適切地；適當(dāng)?shù)卦叻В贿m合地

1-8 At issue is whether the tight control Apple exerts over the software that can run on its smartphones amounts to a monopolistic abuse of power.訴訟議題是瘩将，蘋果公司對智能手機上運行的軟件進行嚴(yán)格控制的行徑是否構(gòu)成了壟斷性的權(quán)力濫用。

monopolistic????dj.????壟斷的凹耙；控制的姿现；獨占的controlling or trying to get complete control over sth, especially an industry or a company

1-9 The verdict, when it comes, may determine what other digital marketplaces can and cannot do.法院的最終裁決可能會影響到其他數(shù)字市場的有所為和有所不為。

1-13 which takes a 30% cut on most transactions made in apps.蘋果應(yīng)用商店會從大多數(shù)交易中抽成 30%肖抱。

1-14/15 This violated App Store terms; "Fortnite" was booted from the platform.Epic的做法違反了蘋果應(yīng)用商店的條款备典，因此“堡壘之夜”被從平臺上下架。

1-16? Expecting this, Epic?responded with?the lawsuit (and a?cheeky?PR campaign).已經(jīng)料到如此的Epic公司以發(fā)起訴訟(以及厚顏無恥的公關(guān)活動)進行回?fù)?/b>意述。

cheeky????adj.????厚臉皮的提佣；魯莽的吮蛹；放肆的rude in an amusing or an annoying way

1-17 The hearing concerned the narrow question of whether Epic could force Apple to return "Fortnite" to the App Store while the case proceeds.此次聽證會只涉及Epic公司能否在案件受理期間迫使蘋果公司重新在應(yīng)用商店 上架“堡壘之夜”。

1-21 Steam, the dominant store, then dropped its cut from 30% to 20% for top-selling games. 隨后拌屏，主流游戲商店Stream將暢銷游戲的抽成比例從30%下調(diào)至20%潮针。

1-23 Apple retorts that those who dislike its rules have plenty of alternatives.蘋果則進行了反駁，開發(fā)商們要是不喜歡 蘋果的規(guī)則倚喂，那也還有很多選擇每篷。

1-26 In a statement, Apple accused Epic of forcing its hand and "putting customers in the middle of their fight".在一份聲明中，蘋果公司指責(zé)Epic強迫自己采取行動端圈，“將消費者牽扯進爭斗之中”焦读。

1-27 It has countersued Epic for breaching its App Store contract.蘋果反訴Epic違反了蘋果應(yīng)用商店合同。

1-29 The software giant's bundling of a web browser with its Windows operating system was eventually found to be anticompetitive.最終判決微軟這家軟件巨頭將網(wǎng)頁瀏覽器與Windows操作系統(tǒng)捆綁在一起的行為屬于反競爭行為舱权。

bundling of…with…? ? 將…和…捆綁在一起

2-1 The Epic case may hinge on how the court defines the relevant market.Epic案件的結(jié)果可能取決于法院如何界定相關(guān)市場矗晃。

2-2 In Apple's eyes the App Store is part of a broader universe of digital platforms in which it can reasonably claim not to be a monopolist.在蘋果公司看來，蘋果應(yīng)用商店只是龐大 數(shù)字平臺的一部分宴倍，它可以合理地宣稱自 己不是壟斷企業(yè)张症。

2-3 Epic takes a narrower view, arguing that iPhones are a market unto themselves.Epic則持有狹隘的觀點，它認(rèn)為蘋果手機本身就是一個市場鸵贬。

2-5 The judge seemed unconvinced by Apple's attempts to stop Epic from updating the iPhone version of the software behind "Fortnite", which is licensed to other gamesmakers.法官似乎并不相信蘋果公司試圖阻止 Epic升級iPhone版“堡壘之夜”俗他，因為這款游戲已經(jīng)授權(quán)給了其他游戲開發(fā)者。

2-6 But she reserved her strongest words for Epic, which she admonished for inviting trouble.但法官對Epic疾言厲色恭理，她警告說Epic是在自找麻煩拯辙。

reserved????adj.????內(nèi)向的；寡言少語的颜价；矜持的slow or unwilling to show feelings or express opinions

2-8 With no clear precedent, big ramifications for the tech industry and the odds that the losing party will appeal, 由于沒有明確的先例涯保、案子對科技產(chǎn)業(yè)影 響重大、以及敗訴方存在上訴的可能性周伦，

ramification????n.1.衍生物;結(jié)果,后果????2.分枝,分叉;分歧;分裂;分枝狀;分枝式;分枝法????3.支流,支派;分派;區(qū)分,門類

2-13/15 In June, at Spotify's urging, the EU opened an antitrust probe into the App Store, and David Cicilline, who chairs a committee in America's Congress that examines antitrust issues, described Apple's fees as "highway robbery" and lamented the lack of "real competition" on iPhones.今年6月夕春，在Spotify的敦促下，歐盟對蘋果應(yīng)用程序展開了反壟斷調(diào)查专挪。美國眾議院司法委員會反壟斷小組委員會負(fù)責(zé)人戴維.西西蘭將蘋果的收費行為描述成是“攔路搶劫”及志，并痛惜蘋果手機上缺乏“真正的競爭。

probe????v.

1.[i][t]盤問寨腔；追問速侈；探究to ask questions in order to find out secret or hidden information about sb/sth

2.[t]~ sth（用細(xì)長工具）探查，查看to touch, examine or look for sth, especially with a long thin instrument

????????????n.

1.~ (into sth)探究迫卢；詳盡調(diào)查a thorough and careful investigation of sth

2.（不載人）空間探測器a spacecraft without people on board which obtains information and sends it back to earth

3.（醫(yī)生用的）探針a long thin metal tool used by doctors for examining inside the body

4.探測儀倚搬；傳感器；取樣器a small device put inside sth and used by scientists to test sth or record information

2-16? While it battles Epic in the courts, Apple may tweak its rules to placate some developers.盡管蘋果在法庭上與Epic公司明爭暗斗乾蛤，但它可能也會為安撫一些應(yīng)用開發(fā)商對應(yīng)用商店規(guī)則進行調(diào)整每界。

tweak????v.

1.~ sth扭捅僵；擰；扯to pull or twist sth suddenly

2.~ sth????稍稍調(diào)整（機器眨层、系統(tǒng)等）to make slight changes to a machine, system, etc. to improve it

????????????????n.

1.扭庙楚；擰；扯a sharp pull or twist

2.（對機器趴樱、系統(tǒng)等的）輕微調(diào)整a slight change that you make to a machine, system, etc. to improve it

2-17 It has done so on occasion in the past, for instance exempting Amazon from the 30% commission on in-app purchases for the e-commerce giant's Prime Video streaming app. 這樣的行為過去也時有發(fā)生馒闷，比如，蘋果 曾免除電商巨頭亞馬遜旗下流媒體Prime Video內(nèi)購的30%抽成伊佃。

2-19 Such concessions may be as far as Apple will go, at least willingly.這樣的讓步可能已經(jīng)是蘋果所能做的極 限了窜司，至少它是自愿的沛善。

2-23?it probably makes up the bulk of its services business, 但它可能是蘋果服務(wù)業(yè)務(wù)的主要組成部分航揉。