英语新闻听写 沃尔玛申请农用无人机专利 与亚马逊死磕到底

Walmart filed six patents for agricultural drones.

沃尔玛申请了六项农用无人机专利。

The move could signal that the company is looking to have more control over its food supply chain.

此举表明该公司正试图加强对其食品供应链控制。

A food retail¹ analyst² said the technology could help Walmart compete with Amazon and others that offer groceries.

一位食品零售分析师称，该科技有助于沃尔玛与亚马逊和其它杂货商之间的竞争。

On Wednesday, the company announced it will expand its grocery delivery this year to over 800 stores, that reach 40 percent of US households.

周三，该公司宣布今年要将其杂货运送服务扩大到800多家门店，这些门店覆盖了40%的美国家庭。

In some locations, the service will offer same-day delivery in as little as three hours.

有些门店将提供最短三小时送达服务。

1 retail   

v./n.零售；adv.以零售价格

参考例句：

• In this shop they retail tobacco and sweets.这家铺子零售香烟和糖果。
• These shoes retail at 10 yuan a pair.这些鞋子零卖10元一双。

2 analyst   

n.分析家，化验员；心理分析学家

参考例句：

• What can you contribute to the position of a market analyst?你有什么技能可有助于市场分析员的职务？
• The analyst is required to interpolate values between standards.分析人员需要在这些标准中插入一些值。