Vocabulary

1. accounts for 占

1. PHRASAL VERB （数量或比例上）占 If a particular thing accounts for a part or proportion of something, that part or proportion consists of that thing, or is used or produced by it.

【语法信息】：V P n

e.g. Computers account for 5% of the country's commercial electricity consumption.

2. work on 致力于做

1.transitiveto shape, form or improve something

e.g. John's in the studio working on the plans for the new house

3. tick off some of the pitfalls 列举隐患

1. PHRASAL VERB 在…上打钩 If you tick off items on a list, you write a tick or other mark next to them, in order to show that they have been dealt with.

4. whinge about

to keep complaining in an annoying way 唠叨；嘀咕

5. propel principal businesses 推动主要的业务发展

If somethingpropelsyouintoa particular activity, it causes you to do it.

6. entice/lure shoppers 吸引顾客

To entice/lure someone to go somewhere or to do something means to try to persuade them to go to that place or to do that thing.

e.g. They'll entice/lure doctors to move from the cities by paying them better salaries.

7. whirl around Alexa  围着Alexa转/以Alexa为中心

Torotate,revolve,spinorturnrapidly.

8. crank out cash 快速收获现金

to produce rapidly and steadily:

9.A wingspan this largeismorereminiscent ofaconglomeratethan a retailer. 这般大的

经营范围更像是联合大企业而非零售商。

suggesting something by resemblance

a large corporation formed by the merging of separate and diverse firms

10. drone deliveries 无人机快送

11. trigger antitrust action 引发反垄断措施

12. seen through this lens 从这个角度看

13. pristine 为时尚早

in its original condition; unspoilt

14. be a boon to 成为恩赐

a thing that is helpful or beneficial

15. use its clout to do 利用其影响力

influence or power, especially in politics or business

16. post inflammatory content 发布煽动性的内容

17. vet drivers 审查司机

18. chip away

to remove, take away, or withdraw gradually