最新调查发现 微信正在改变人们的生活

 　　Messaging app WeChat is being used for an ever longer period of time and is growing into a lifestyle choice embedded¹ into daily activities and interactions, a new survey has found.

　　一项最新调查发现，人们使用通讯应用微信的时间越来越长，微信正发展成为融入日常活动和相互交流的一种生活方式选择。

　　In 2016, one-third of WeChat's 889 million monthly active users spent four hours or more per day on the app, twice that of a year ago, according to the survey released by Penguin² Intelligence, a research arm of Tencent Holdings.

　　腾讯控股旗下研究机构企鹅智酷发布的调查显示，2016年，微信月活跃用户数达8.89亿，其中1/3的用户每天使用微信的时间在4小时以上，较2015年增加了一倍。

　　The average daily time spent is also up slightly, now at 66 minutes, surpassing that of Facebook's average 50 minutes recorded last year.

　　而用户们每日使用微信的平均时间也略有上升，现在为66分钟，超过了去年公布的Facebook的平均50分钟的使用时间。

　　最新调查发现 微信正在改变人们的生活

　　And it's becoming more pervasive³ and stickier than ever, creeping into new aspects of life from offline payments to receiving newsfeeds.

　　相比以往，微信正在变得更加普遍、更加贴近生活，并逐渐扩展到了线下支付和新闻推送等生活的新方面。

　　The survey also found a majority of newly-added contacts of WeChat users are casual acquaintances, notably⁴ in work-related communication. Such a trend is turning the app into a virtual workplace.

　　调查还发现，微信用户的新增好友多数属于“泛好友”，来自工作交际圈的“泛好友”尤其多。这一趋势正在将微信变成虚拟办公场所。

　　Over 80% of users have handled office work on WeChat, from transferring files and coordinating⁵ tasks to taking video calls and making transactions.

　　从传输文件、协调任务到视频通话、进行交易，超过80%的用户在微信上有过工作行为。

　　"The all-in-one super app is radically⁶ changing the way I live. When lining⁷ up for coffee, I can't see a single customer holding a wallet — instead they hold mobile phones over a reader and the lattes are theirs," said Fred Wellington, an Australian auditor⁸ working in Shanghai.

　　在上海工作的澳大利亚审计佛瑞德·威灵顿表示：“这款功能齐全的超级APP正在从根本上改变我们的生活。在排队买咖啡时，我看不到一个拿着钱包的顾客--他们只要把手机在终端上靠一下，就可以拿走一杯拿铁了。”

1 embedded   

a.扎牢的

参考例句：

• an operation to remove glass that was embedded in his leg 取出扎入他腿部玻璃的手术
• He has embedded his name in the minds of millions of people. 他的名字铭刻在数百万人民心中。

2 penguin   

n.企鹅

参考例句：

• The penguin is a flightless bird.企鹅是一种不会飞的鸟。
• He walked with an awkward gait like a penguin.他走路的步子难看得就像企鹅。

3 pervasive   

adj.普遍的；遍布的，(到处)弥漫的；渗透性的

参考例句：

• It is the most pervasive compound on earth.它是地球上最普遍的化合物。
• The adverse health effects of car exhaust are pervasive and difficult to measure.汽车尾气对人类健康所构成的有害影响是普遍的，并且难以估算。

4 notably   

adv.值得注意地，显著地，尤其地，特别地

参考例句：

• Many students were absent,notably the monitor.许多学生缺席，特别是连班长也没来。
• A notably short,silver-haired man,he plays basketball with his staff several times a week.他个子明显较为矮小，一头银发，每周都会和他的员工一起打几次篮球。

5 coordinating   

v.使协调，使调和( coordinate的现在分词 )；协调；协同；成为同等

参考例句：

• He abolished the Operations Coordinating Board and the Planning Board. 他废除了行动协调委员会和计划委员会。 来自辞典例句
• He's coordinating the wedding, and then we're not going to invite him? 他是来协调婚礼的，难道我们不去请他？ 来自电影对白

6 radically   

ad.根本地，本质地

参考例句：

• I think we may have to rethink our policies fairly radically. 我认为我们可能要对我们的政策进行根本的反思。
• The health service must be radically reformed. 公共医疗卫生服务必须进行彻底改革。

7 lining   

n.衬里，衬料

参考例句：

• The lining of my coat is torn.我的外套衬里破了。
• Moss makes an attractive lining to wire baskets.用苔藓垫在铁丝篮里很漂亮。

8 auditor   

n.审计员，旁听着

参考例句：

• The auditor was required to produce his working papers.那个审计员被要求提供其工作底稿。
• The auditor examines the accounts of all county officers and departments.审计员查对所有县官员及各部门的帐目。