词汇
1.premise
Yet Amazon’s shareholders are working on thepremisethat it is just getting started.
N-COUNT可数名词前提 Apremiseis something that you suppose is true and that you use as a basis for developing an idea.
eg. Thepremiseis that schools will work harder to improve if they must compete...
前提是，如果各学校必须参与竞争的话，就会更加努力。
The programme started from thepremisethat men and women are on equal terms in this society.
这个项目是以这个社会男女平等为前提的。
2.pitfalls ;tick off
It is easy to tick off some of the pitfalls.
N-COUNT可数名词隐患；陷阱；圈套 The pitfalls involved in a particular activity or situation are the things that may go wrong or may cause problems.
【搭配模式】：usually pl
eg. The pitfallsof working abroad are numerous...
到国外工作存在许多陷阱。
He also points out that forward planning can help avoid stressful pitfalls.
他也指出，预先计划可有助于消除令人不安的隐患。
PHRASAL VERB短语动词在…上打钩 If you tick off items on a list, you write a tick or other mark next to them, in order to show that they have been dealt with.
此处引申为“罗列”
eg. He ticked off my name on a piece of paper...
他在一张纸上我的名字旁打了钩。
Tick it off in the box.
在方框里打钩。
3.revenues ; nudging ; beefing up
Walmart already has revenues nudging $500bn and is beefing up online.
N-UNCOUNT不可数名词See also:Inland Revenue;(公司、组织的)收入，收益;（政府的）财政收入，税收 Revenueis money that a company, organization, or government receives from people.
【搭配模式】：also N in pl 【FIELD标签】：BUSINESS 商
eg. ...a boom year at the cinema, with record advertising revenue and the highest ticket sales since 1980...
电影院非常景气的一年，创下1980年以来广告及票房收入新高
One study said the government would gain about $12 billion in tax revenues over five years.
一项研究表明政府将在5年中获得约120亿美元的税收。
VERB动词几乎达到;接近 If someone or something is nudging a particular amount, level, or state, they have almost reached it.
【语法信息】：V n 【搭配模式】：usu cont
eg. ...a little-known stage play writer and actress who was nudging40 and going nowhere... 一个年近四旬、一事无成、寂寂无闻的舞台剧作者兼演员
The temperature when we were there was nudging 80 degree F.
我们在的时候，那里温度接近80华氏度。
PHRASAL VERB短语动词改善；加强；改进；提高If you beef upsomething, you increase, strengthen, or improve it.
eg. ...a campaign to beef up security... 加强安全的运动
Both sides are still beefing up their military strength.
双方仍在增强各自的军事力量。
...a beefed up police presence. 有所增强的警力
4.virtuous circle ; whirl
A third virtuous circleis starting to whirl around Alexa, the firm’s voice-activated assistant.
N-SING单数名词良性循环 If you describe a situation as a virtuous circle, you mean that once one good thing starts happening, other good things happen, which cause the first thing to continue happening.
eg. Exercise creates its own virtuous circle. Once you start a programme and do it regularly, you'll feel so good you'll want to continue.
锻炼身体能够形成一种良性循环。一旦你开始一项锻炼计划并持之以恒，你会感觉良好并坚持下去。
...a virtuous circle of investment and growth. 投资和增长的良性循环
V-ERG及物/不及物动词(使)回旋;(使)旋转If something or someone whirls around or if you whirl them around, they move around or turn around very quickly.
【语法信息】：Also V n
e.g. Not receiving an answer, she whirled round...
没有得到答案，她飞快地转过身去。
He was whirling Anne around the floor...
他正拉着安妮在舞池内转圈儿。
The smoke began to whirl and grew into a monstrous column.
浓烟开始盘旋上升，形成了一个巨大的烟柱。
Whirl is also a noun.
eg. ...the barely audible whirl of wheels. 几乎听不见轮子的转动声
5.clout ; adjacent
In Europe, Google stands accused of using its clout as a search engine to extend its power to adjacent businesses.
N-UNCOUNT不可数名词影响力;权势 A person or institution that hasclouthas influence and power.
【STYLE标签】：INFORMAL 非正式
eg. Mr Sutherland may have the clout needed to push the two trading giants into a deal...
萨瑟兰先生也许有能力促使两大贸易巨头达成协议。
The two firms wield enormouscloutin financial markets.
两家公司在金融市场有非常大的影响力。
adjacent: Geometry (of a pair of angles) formed on the same side of a straight line when intersected by another line. 此指扩展（业务经范围）
6.incumbents ; resilient
One reason incumbents have proved so resilient is that fintech firms lack the customer-transaction information they need to provide many financial services.
-COUNT可数名词现任官员;在职官员An incumbent is someone who holds an official post at a particular time.
【搭配模式】：ADJ n
【语域标签】：FORMAL 正式
In general,incumbents have a 94 per cent chance of being reelected.
通常现任官员有 94% 的几率会再次当选。
Incumbent is also an adjective.
...the only candidate who defeated an incumbent senator.
唯一击败现任议员的候选人
ADJ-GRADED能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词能复原的;恢复快的;适应力强的People and things that are resilient are able to recover easily and quickly from unpleasant or damaging events.
【搭配模式】：usu v-link ADJ
George Fraser was clearly a good soldier, calm andresilient...
乔治·弗雷泽显然是个好士兵，沉着冷静且适应力强。
When the U.S. stock market collapsed in October 1987, the Japanese stock market was the mostresilient.
1987年10月美国股市崩盘后，日本股市是反弹最快的。
resilience
...the resilience of human beings to fight after they've been attacked.
人类受到攻击后迅速还击的能力
7.entrant ；exploit
Familiarity, huge customer bases and low funding costs are all attributes entrants want to gain by association, just as banks want to exploit newcomers’ technology.
N-COUNT可数名词新加入者；新成员；新生An entrant is a person who has recently become a member of an institution such as a university.
【搭配模式】：with supp
...a young schoolentrant.
年轻的新生
VERB动词充分运用；发挥If you exploit something, you use it well, and achieve something or gain an advantage from it.
【语法信息】：V n
You'll need a good aerial toexploitthe radio's performance...
你需要弄个好天线来发挥广播的性能。
Cary is hoping toexploitnew opportunities in Europe...
卡里希望好好利用欧洲的新机遇。
So you feel that your skills have never been fully appreciated orexploited?
所以你觉得你的技能从未被完全认可或者充分发挥作用？
8.legitimate
Such concerns are legitimate but also, argue fintech supporters, offer a convenient excuse for banks to block competition.
ADJ-GRADED能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词合法的；依法的；法律认可的Something that is legitimate is acceptable according to the law.
The French government has condemned the coup in Haiti and has demanded the restoration of thelegitimategovernment...
法国政府对海地政变表示谴责，并要求恢复合法政府的地位。
The government will not seek to disrupt thelegitimatebusiness activities of the defendant.
政府无意干扰被告的合法经营活动。
9.track cashflow and invoices 追踪现金流转和发票
a Finnish startup that helps companies track cashflow and invoices.
10..explicit consent
Provided the customer has given explicit consent, banks will be forced to share customer-account information with licensed financial-services providers.
ADJ-GRADED能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词明确的;清晰的;毫不隐讳的Something that is explicit is expressed or shown clearly and openly, without any attempt to hide anything.
...sexuallyexplicitscenes in films and books.
电影和书籍中露骨的性爱片段
...explicitreferences to age in recruitment advertising.
招聘广告中对年龄的明确要求
N-UNCOUNT不可数名词许可;允许If you give your consent tosomething, you give someone permission to do it.
【搭配模式】：usu with poss
【语域标签】：FORMAL 正式
At approximately 11:30 p.m., Pollard finally gave hisconsentto the search...
大概晚上11点半的时候，波拉德最终同意进行搜查。
Can my child be medically examined without myconsent?
能不经我的同意就对我的孩子进行体检吗？
思维导图
Amazon's Empire
Levelling the paying field
总结
这一周的金融类知识精读不仅让我们领略了亚马逊帝国的恢弘也让我们看到了国外线上支付的发展现状，能更清楚的认识到国内外的企业发展类型的不同，用更开放和包容的眼界去看待每一件事。
导师的思维导图指导则教会我们跳出原有词句结构，通过关键语气转折词等来从整体上把握文章脉络和走向，进一步梳理全文主旨和作者态度观点。
在进行本次的复盘内容中也对自己的薄弱项以及一些模糊点重新进行了巩固和查询，再一次跟随导师的思维导图来回忆全文大致内容，回顾本文态度和意见。
