1038.spin-off (n.) 副产品
The film,which links Michael Jordan with Bugs Bunny,Daffy Duck and the rest of the Looney Tunes stable,has generated more than 200 spin-off items that Warner is hoping will eventually pull$1 billion.(TIME,Dec.2,1996,p. 70)
这部结合了迈克尔·乔丹、兔宝宝、达菲鸭与华纳“疯儿调”卡通系列中其他动物的电影,已衍生出两百多种副产品,华纳公司希望靠这些副产品最后能赚进10亿美元。
注:stable (n.) 属同一主人的物品
1039.swap (n.) 交换,互惠资金
Electronic Arts,a leading producer of games for personal computers and video-game machines,announced it will acquire Broderbund Software in a$400-million stock swap.(TIME,Feb.21,1994,P.15)
制造个人电脑和影像游戏机所用游戏软件的主要厂商电子艺术公司,宣布它将以总值4亿美元的股票交换,买下“波德邦”软件公司。
1040.tabloid (n.) 专报耸动新闻、配有大量图片的小报?
[反]broadsheet
But public male heterosexuality,like water seeking its own level,has settled down in the tabloid bottomlands, where it does its best to provide low entertainment,(TIME,Sept.23,1996,P.60)
就像水往低处流一样,有关男性公众人物的异性恋消息,已沦落到小报“报屁股”,那里充斥着低级趣味。
1041.thrall (n.) 控制,奴役
If nothing else, the sense of crisis and impending doom that Asahara cultivated has kept his followers in his thrall.(TIME,Apr. 3,1995,P.30)
别的不提,(奥姆真理教教主)麻原真晃营造出的危机意识与末日即将到来的气氛,就已让他的教徒唯他俯首是从。?
注:impending (a.)即将发生的
1042.traction (n.) 原意为轮胎抓地力,引申为攻击的把柄
Dole has even been unable to find traction on defense spending. (TIME,Sept. 2,1996,P.23)
多尔甚至一直未能在国防支出上找到可大做文章的地方。
1043.trauma (n.) 创伤
What does seem clear is that pedophilia,like many sexual disorders,may have at its root some childhood sexual trauma.(TIME,Sept.2,1996,p. 41)
看来很清楚的是,恋童癖患者与其他许多种性错乱者相同,他们的病症可能都源于童年时的性创伤.
1044.twist (n.) 创新之举,新发展
The 1996 world's fair is no exception,but it also has a decidedly eve-of-the-21st-century twist:the whole event happens in cyberspace.(TIME,Mar. 11,1996,p. 3 5)
1996年的世界博览会也不例外,但这次确实有一项21世纪前夕的创新之举:整个博览会是在电脑网络上举行的。
1045.variant (n.) 变体,变种
Over the years,there have been women wrestlers,including a renowned nun,and a variant so bloody that the sport was briefly banned.(TIME,Sept.30,1996,P.29)
漫长的历史中曾有过女子相扑,其中还出过一位著名的比丘尼选手,及另一种极血腥的变相相扑,因而一度遭到短期的禁止。
1046.venue (n.) 会场,地点
If New York City is the premier venue for political fund raising,Bob Dole appears to be its unchallenged star.(TIME,Apr. 17,1995,P.13)
如果说纽约市是募集政治捐款的最佳地点,那么多尔似乎就是纽约市无人能及的募款高手。
1047.volatility (n.) 反复无常,不稳定
[同]instability
And the Kuala Lumpur stock exchange,though the world's 15th largest,is plagued by volatility and frequent rumors of trading by politically linked parties.(TIME,Dec.4,1995,p. 26)
吉隆坡的股票市场虽是全球排名第15,可是变化太厉害,而且时常因政商勾结交易的传闻而饱受伤害。
1048.write-off (n.) (债务)勾销
In November 1994 the corporation(Sony)took a$3.2 billion write-off for five years of studio mismanagement.(TIME,Feb.24,1997,p. 42)
1994年11月,索尼公司拿出32亿美元,一笔勾销了电影部门五年来因经营不善而欠下的债务。???
注:studio (n.) 电影制片厂