中国的团购网站声誉面临挑战

短语讲解：

1. Recently, the company decided to offer a number of gift cards online to thank their old customers.

a number of一些
例句：A number of new products have been successfully trial-produced.
许多新产品已试制成功。

2. However, these valued online customers who received the gift suddenly found that many of their accounts had been frozen five days after the campaign took effect.

take effect生效, 奏效
例句：The prescribed medicine failed to take effect.
医生开的药没有见效。

3. I logged onto the website and wanted to top up my gift card, but discovered it had been deactivated.

top up给…加满
例句：Your glass is empty; let me top you up.
你的杯子是空的, 让我给你斟满。

4. As questions and inquiries mount, the website claims that they've found a number of people using a fake user generation tool in order to create multiple user accounts and gain as many gift cards as possible.

in order to为了…
例句：We started early in order to arrive before dark.
为了在天黑前到达,我们很早就动身了。

5. For example, our gift card give-away campaign started at 11am. From 12 pm, someone had started to use the software to gain gift cards.

for example例如, 譬如
例句：There are many sources of air pollution; exhaust fumes, for example.
空气污染有许多来源, 例如废气。

6. By 1pm, when the campaign ended, the person had gained more than 2500 cards in total.

in total总计, 合计
例句：These products, in total, account for about 80％ of all our sales.
这些产品总共约占我们全部销售额的80％。

7. The company states that they intended to give out 400 thousand cards valued at three million yuan in total.

intend to打算(做)..., 想要(做)...
例句：He intends his son to manage the company.
他打算让他儿子经营该公司。

8. But now these cards are in the possession of only one to two thousand people, thanks in part due to the malicious software.

in the possession of在…控制/支配下；被…拥有/占有
例句：The land is in the possession of the merchant.
这块地为该商人所有。
in part在某种程度上, 部分地
例句：Tom was only in small part responsible.
汤姆只有一小部分责任。
due to由于，因为
例句：Due to the extreme cold, we were unable to plant the trees.
由于天气很冷, 所以我们无法去植树。

9. Group-buying websites so far have been filed with numerous lawsuits and complaints, but this incident seems to have set up another typical case in this growing market.

file with提交
例句：He has filed his resignation with the manager.
他已向经理提出辞呈。
set up引起, 产生
例句：The crowd set up a shout as the winner neared the post.
优胜者接近终点时, 人群中发出一片喊叫声。

10. We don't want to hurt any customers, so we've decided to release all the accounts, and those customers who already applied for the gift cards will still benefit.

apply for申请
例句：I made up my mind to apply for a scholarship.
我决定申请奖学金。

11. The companies who get into such troubles have to deal with it.

deal with应付, 处理; 对待
例句：He must deal with many difficulties.
他必须应付许多困难。

12. Once you start such a campaign you have to be prepared for all possibilities, including the risks witnessed here.

例句：prepare for (使)为…作准备
Right now they are preparing themselves for the Olympic Games.
眼下他们正在为参加奥运会作准备。

13. Many group-buying websites have been accused of providing short-sighted poor service, gaining very poor reviews among online customers.

accuse of指责, 控告
例句：The man was accused of being a spy.
那人被指控是个间谍。