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经济学人下载:奥米迪亚式的给予

2013-10-31来源:Economist

1.start-up 启动

Start-up capital is scarcer than it is elsewhere.
这里的启动资金比别的地方要稀缺得多。

Indeed, a software start-up to implement the idea folded in 2004.
事实上,一个打算实现这个想法的启动软件在2004年彻底失败了。
2.give up 放弃;投降;把…让给

But some mountaineers do not give up.
但是一些登山家并没有放弃。

It seemed that there was a message for him not to give up.
这仿佛给他捎来飞鸿,让他不要放弃这一切。

3.seek to 设法;企图,试图

Yet some expect him to seek to remove term limits.
可是,部分人士期望他设法废除任期限制。

And they seek to benefit from tiny operational changes.
他们也自生产流程的细微变更中寻求收益。

4.free to 免费

A gyroscope is just a spinning wheel that is free to rotate.
陀螺就是一个可以自由旋转的转动着的轮子。

The upgrades are all free to users.
所有的升级都是免费的。