学个词Learn a Word 第1596-pre-order

　　今天我们要学的词是 pre-order. Pre-order 预购。iPhone5问世了。The iPhone5 went on pre-order  just after midnight Pacific time last Friday.  iPhone5 于美国西部时间上星期五凌晨12点一过开始预售。Roughly one hour after the iPhone5 went on pre-order , they sold out on Apple's online store. iPhone5 预购开始大约一小时，网上苹果店的订单就满了。The three major networks that carry the iPhone, namely AT&T, Verizon, and Sprint¹, also started accepting pre-orders around the same time. 美国三大iPhone运营商 AT&T, Verizon 和 Sprint 也都在大约同一时间开始预售。好的，今天我们学习的词是 pre-order, pre-order, pre-order....

1 sprint   

n.短距离赛跑；vi. 奋力而跑，冲刺；vt.全速跑过

参考例句：

• He put on a sprint to catch the bus.他全速奔跑以赶上公共汽车。
• The runner seemed to be rallied for a final sprint.这名赛跑者似乎在振作精神作最后的冲刺。