内容来源:英语红宝书—每日一句。
Yet it is hard to imagine that the merger of a few oil firms today could re-create the same threats to competition that were feared nearly a century ago in the U.S., when the Standard Oil Trust was broken up.
merger
few 少
firm 公司
threat 威胁
competition 竞争
fear 害怕
trust 信任
break up打碎,破碎;结束;解散;衰落。
然而,很难想象当今几家石油公司的合并可能会重新给竞争带来相同的威胁,正如近一个世纪以前,在美国标准石油信托基金被迫解体时人们所担心的。
A lateral move that hurt my pride and blocked my professional progress prompted me to abandon my relatively high profile career although, in the manner of a disgraced government minister, I covered my exit by claiming “I wanted to spend more time with my family”.
lateral
minister
prompt
high profile 鲜明的姿态;引人注目的高姿态;明确的立场
cover exit 掩盖原因
in the manner of 以...方式
disgraced
一次平级人事调动伤害了我的自尊,也阻碍了我的事业发展,这件事促使我放弃了那份相对体面的工作;但是,我以一种失宠的政府大臣的口气宣称,“我想多陪陪家人”,以此来掩盖我辞职的真正原因。
联系客服