外刊研究小组W3D4精读笔记

W3Day4 Alibaba revenues rise 54% in ‘blowout quarter’

地道表达

• Alibaba blew through analysts’ earnings estimates, lifting revenues 54 per cent to Rmb 53.25bn ($7.7bn) in its quarter to the end ofDecember and prompting the Chinese ecommerce group tolift its full-year growth guidance to 53 per cent.
  [blow through]go way beyond it, surpass
  v. show off(引申意义); or吹；风吹；擤(鼻子)；(保险丝)熔断；<口>浪费(机会)
  eg. Blow out the candles吹灭
  eg. A short circuit will blow the fuse.电线板短路会熔断保险丝
  eg. It's blowing hard tonight.

[quarter]its quarter to the end of December 年末第四季度
[prompt] v.give an incentive foraction(原句); serve as the inciting cause of;
eg. His curiosity prompted him to ask questions .
eg. Science and technology has prompted the rapid development ofmodern society.

• a member of China’s “BAT” tech trinitywith Baidu and Tencent
  [trinity] three peopleconsidered as a unit; 用tech trinity来概括了中国三大高科技公司，语言简洁

• The internet group proved adept at squeezing more profitabilityfrom revenues than Amazon, posting net income of Rmb17.16bn for thequarter.
  [adept at doing sth]擅长于；熟练于
  [squeezing profitability from sth]从…中榨取更多的利润
  [post sth.] proclaim; informpublicly宣告、公告（引）；邮递；通知；布置；派遣（只用被动）；急行
  英国人一般用post去表示“寄信”，而美国人则习惯用mail一词；
  Eg.He was here on business, so he had to post instead of travelling aroundleisurely.
  Eg. She went postto the bank and cashed the cheque.

• 3 Consensusanalyst estimates were for revenues of Rmb50.09bn, according to Bloomberg, and earningsbefore interest, tax, depreciationand amortisation ofRmb24.82bn.
  [consensus analyst estimates]
  [depreciation]贬值；减价
  [amortisation] the reduction of the value of an asset by prorating its costover a period of years；payment of an obligation in a series of installments or transfers折旧；清偿

• Alibaba shares broke back through the $100 barrier in New York, up 3.2 per centat $101.55 in morning trading on the news.
  [break back through the $100 barrier]冲破一百元美元大关，注意此句中up、at、in等介词的运用

• Boasting a “blowout quarter”, thegroup attributed itsstrength to more users spending more time on its platforms and beingbetter able to monetise those users.
  [attribute sth to sth]将…的结果归于…原因

专业知识

• earningestimates 收益预测
• amortization折旧；清偿
• fullyear growth guidance全年增长指引
  *morning trading 股市早盘
• blowout quarter井喷季 A "blowout quarter" occurs when a company significantly outperforms earnings expectations.
• accessthe sites访问网站 surf online 上网 browse to a webpage浏览网页
• monthly active user月度活跃用户
• the consolidation of acquisition 统一收购；merge并购
• thecore retail business核心零售业务
• Lazada东南亚地区最大的在线购物网站之一，目标主要是印尼、马来西亚、菲律宾以及泰国用户；2014营收1.543亿美元，净运营亏损达到1.525亿美元
• BATBAT是中国互联网公司百度公司(Baidu)、阿里巴巴集团(Alibaba)、腾讯公司(Tencent)三大互联网公司首字母缩写。
• Bloomberg彭博(Bloomberg)是全球商业、金融信息和财经资讯的领先提供商。1981年创立于NYC曼哈顿，1万3千员工，业务达185多个国家地区。2012年彭博资讯集团全球营收达76亿美元，成为全球最大的财经资讯服务提供商。