科技动态:推特很抱歉帮特朗普做了宣传 乐视CEO辞职

Twitter co-founder Evan Williams says he's sorry if the social networking site helped elect Donald Trump¹.

推特共同创办人埃文·威廉姆斯说如果这个社交网站对唐纳德·特朗普当选有帮助，那么他很抱歉。

The president stated on Fox News in March that he wouldn't be here in office if it wasn't for Twitter.

三月份，特朗普总统在福克斯新闻频道上曾说，如果不是推特他就无法当选。

During a New York Times interview published Saturday, Williams said that Twitter's role in Trump's popularity was a very bad thing.

周六，在《纽约时报》发布的一篇采访中，威廉姆斯说推特帮特朗普做了宣传，这很糟糕。

The chief executive of LE Echo has stepped down a month after the company scrapped² a two billion dollar bid to buy US TV manufacturer Vizio.

乐视放弃以20亿美元收购美国电视生产商Vizio的计划，一个月后，LE Echo的首席执行官提出了辞职。

The Chinese company had planned to make a big US debut³ but has since tightened⁴ its belt after Chinese regulators announced in November that there would be heightened security of Chinese capital leaving the country.

这家中国公司原本打算在美国闪亮登场，但是因为中国监管部门去年十一月宣布要加强中国资金外流的安全性，使乐视不得不紧缩开支。

And finally talking to screen at Cannes Film Festival, Arnold Schwarzenegger said he will be returning to the Terminator franchise⁵ following discussions with director James Cameron.

最后来看看戛纳电影节，阿诺德·施瓦辛格与导演詹姆斯·卡梅隆讨论完后，称其将回归《终结者》系列电影。

And he said that Cameron who directed the original first two terms in the series has good ideas for the continuing franchise.

他说已经导演了前两部的卡梅隆对接下来的新续集还有很好的想法。

1 trump   

n.王牌，法宝；v.打出王牌，吹喇叭

参考例句：

• He was never able to trump up the courage to have a showdown.他始终鼓不起勇气摊牌。
• The coach saved his star player for a trump card.教练保留他的明星选手，作为他的王牌。

2 scrapped   

废弃(scrap的过去式与过去分词)； 打架

参考例句：

• This machine is so old that it will soon have to be scrapped. 这架机器太旧，快报废了。
• It had been thought that passport controls would be scrapped. 人们曾认为会放开护照管制。

3 debut   

n.首次演出，初次露面

参考例句：

• That same year he made his Broadway debut, playing a suave radio journalist.在那同一年里，他初次在百老汇登台，扮演一个温文而雅的电台记者。
• The actress made her debut in the new comedy.这位演员在那出新喜剧中首次登台演出。

4 tightened   

收紧( tighten的过去式和过去分词 )； （使）变紧； （使）绷紧； 加紧

参考例句：

• The rope holding the boat suddenly tightened and broke. 系船的绳子突然绷断了。
• His index finger tightened on the trigger but then relaxed again. 他的食指扣住扳机，然后又松开了。

5 franchise   

n.特许，特权，专营权，特许权

参考例句：

• Catering in the schools is run on a franchise basis.学校餐饮服务以特许权经营。
• The United States granted the franchise to women in 1920.美国于1920年给妇女以参政权。