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　　In November 2013, venture capitalist Aileen Lee published an article coining the term “unicorn” to describe a startup that’s less than a decade old and worth at least $1bn. She chose the word carefully, to convey a mix of rarity and magic power. What Lee seemingly didn’t anticipate was that just a few years later it would have become a misnomer: these days there’s nothing rare about unicorns.

　　思考题：

　　At present, the term “unicorn” ___.

　　A.aptly captures the traits of tech startup

　　B.has been too overused to be accurate

　　C.is known to be a chosen word by linguists

　　D.has been used wrongly by entrepreneurs

　　句子解析：

　　第一句：

　　In November 2013, venture capitalist Aileen Lee published an articlecoining(创造) the term “unicorn” //to describe a startupthat’s less than a decade old and worth at least $1bn.

　　参考译文：2013年11月，风险投资家艾琳·李(Aileen Lee)发表文章，首创“独角兽”一词来描述成立不到十年、市值超过10亿美元的初创企业。

　　第二句：

　　She chose the word carefully, to convey a mix of rarity(稀有，这是大纲词汇!) and alchemy(魔力).

　　参考译文：她谨慎地选用了这个词，来同时表达稀有和“魔力”。

　　第三句：

　　What Lee seemingly didn’t anticipate (主语从句)was that// 表语从句来了：just a few years later(状语)it would have become a flagrant (臭名远扬的)misnomer(不恰当的说法):解释来了： these days there’s nothing rare about unicorns.

　　参考译文：但李似乎没有预料到，仅仅几年后，“独角兽”就变成了一个极其不当的误称：现在独角兽已经一点都不罕见了。

　　思考题解析：

　　A. aptly captures the traits of tech startup

　　(恰如其分地描述了科技初创公司的特点)

　　A选项错误。

　　刚好相反，已经不准确了。

　　B. has been too overused to be accurate (已经因过度使用而不准确)

　　B选项正确

　　对应的就是最后一句：

　　a misnomer: these days there’s nothing rare about unicorns.

　　虽然你不认识misnomer

　　但你应该之后冒号后的内容!也就是不准确了!

　　虽然你可能觉得overuse 没有对应，但是这个就是最佳了!

　　C. is known to be a chosen word by linguist (被认为是语言学家选择的词)

　　C选项错误。文章也没有谈到

　　D. has been used wrongly by entrepreneurs (被企业家错误地使用)

　　D选项错误。文中没有谈到!

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