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微軟創辦人比爾.蓋茲頭戴全球首富光環多年,但其間不免幾回被短暫篡位。最近一次是10月底電商龍頭亞馬遜執行長貝佐斯,積極搶攻雲端服務、實體通路,締造超標業績,股價大漲的紅利就是身價暴衝,把前輩請下(ousted from)寶座。
【首富換人淺談】
to oust from 從某處驅逐
A:I heard Bill Gates was ousted from the throne to be the richest person globally.
(聽說比爾.蓋茲前一陣子曾經被擠下全球首富寶座。)
B:Yeah, It's the Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos who passed Bill Gates and won the title.
(是啊!亞馬遜執行長貝佐斯擠下蓋茲贏得了這個頭銜。)
to dominate 主導
A:Is it attributed to Alexa which dominates the voice-controlled device market?
(可以歸功主導聲控裝備市場的Alexa嗎?)
B:Also, the buyout of Whole Foods shows its ambition to expand into brick-and-mortars.
(收購Whole Foods也顯示他要進軍實體通路的野心。)
to reclaim 再度奪回
A:However, Bill reclaimed his title as the wealthiest person in the world shortly after that.
(不過,沒多久比爾.蓋茲又取回他全球首富的頭銜啦!)
B:After all, the competitiveness of your stocks decides whether you can keep the title.
(畢竟你的股票競爭力才能決定你是否能保住這個頭銜。)
【延伸關鍵字】
1. to surpass:超越
2. exceptional:傑出的
3. entrepreneur:企業家
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