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双语阅读∣苹果建首家水上零售店

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      iPhone制造商苹果在新加坡海滨建造了一座新的打卡地,它号称是世界上唯一一家漂浮在水面上的苹果零售店。今天我们就结合这个新闻学习下float。

      float[fləʊt]

      v.使漂浮; 飘荡; 优雅地走动; 提出; 使上市; 货币自由浮动

      n.浮体; 鱼漂浮子; 彩车; 备用零钱; 加冰激凌的饮料

      无论是在空中飘浮,还是在水中漂浮,都可以用到float,当然,还可以指引申意义上的“浮动”,比如汇率的浮动。

      有一个近似意义的词drift,drift多指随风或顺水飘荡,表示动态。float可与drift换用,但侧重指因有液体或气体所支持而不下沉,可表动态或静态。

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      我们来看两个常用短语:

      float on the breeze 缓缓飘动;弥漫

      float a company on the stock market 公司上市

      今天提到的“水上零售店”转译为英文就是漂浮在水上的意思,所以我们用形容词形式的floating。

      下面一起看看新闻吧~

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      World's 1st floating Apple Store 苹果建首家水上零售店

      Apple's worldwide retail network may be struggling during the coronavirus pandemic, but that hasn't stopped the company from indulging in its penchant for pricey-looking, unique, and outlandish exterior design.

      苹果的全球零售网络可能在新冠疫情期间变得举步维艰,但这并不能阻止该公司沉迷于昂贵、独特和奇特的外观设计。

      The iPhone maker's newest retail location, located in Singapore on the city-state's waterfront and known officially as Apple Marina Bay Sands, can claim a world's first title: it's the only Apple retail shop on the planet that floats on water.

      这家iPhone制造商最新的零售店位于新加坡的海滨,正式名称为苹果滨海湾金沙,它号称是世界上唯一一家漂浮在水面上的苹果零售店。

      The location, part of the luxury hotel and resort of the same name, is Singapore's third Apple Store.

      这家零售店与当地豪华酒店和度假村同名,是新加坡第三家苹果店。

      During the daytime, the new Marina Bay Sands store appears to look like an odd spacecraft of some sort or perhaps some form of futuristic theater.

      白天,滨海湾金沙的苹果新店看起来就像是某种奇异的宇宙飞船,亦或是某种未来式剧院。

      But at nighttime, when Singapore's iconic skyline is lit in all its glory in the background, the store really comes alive and you can tell the company clearly designed it as an evening fixture best viewed in the dark.

      但到了晚上,当新加坡标志性的天际线在背景中熠熠生辉时,这家店立刻变得生动起来,苹果显然是把它设计成在黑暗中观看效果最好的夜景。

      The store is Apple's 512th retail shop globally, and it's opening sometime soon.

      这家店是苹果在全球的第512家零售店,将于近日开张。

      文章来源:Chinadaily

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