夏说英语新闻晨读 第633期:脸书股东逼宫 小扎何去何从

 

A vote calling for Mark Zuckerberg to stand down as Facebook's chairman is expected to take place at the company's annual general meeting on Thursday. Mr Zuckerberg is both Facebook's chief executive¹ and the chairman of its board of directors. Those calling for him to step down as chairman say this would help him focus on running the company.

call for: 要求

request: vt. 要求

ask: vt. 要求

stand down: 退位

abdicate²: vi. 退位

be expected to do sth.: 将……

take place: 举行；发生

annual: adj. 一年一度的

general meeting: 股东大会

chief executive (officer): 首席执行官（CEO）

executive room: 行政客房；商务间

business class: 商务舱；公务舱

executive class: 商务舱；公务舱

board of directors: 董事会

1 executive   

adj.执行的，行政的；n.执行者，行政官，经理

参考例句：

• A good executive usually gets on well with people.一个好的高级管理人员通常与人们相处得很好。
• He is a man of great executive ability.他是个具有极高管理能力的人。

2 abdicate   

v.让位，辞职，放弃

参考例句：

• The reason I wnat to abdicate is to try something different.我辞职是因为我想尝试些不一样的东西。
• Yuan Shikai forced emperor to abdicate and hand over power to him.袁世凯逼迫皇帝逊位，把政权交给了他。