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原文
The world has been inching toward fully autonomous cars for years. In China, one company just got even closer to making it a reality.
On Thursday, AutoX, an Alibaba (BABA)-backed startup, announced it had rolled out fully driverless robotaxis on public roads in Shenzhen.
The company said it had become the first player in China to do so, notching an important industry milestone.
语言点
1. inch v. 一英寸一英寸的缓慢前行 n. 英寸(度量单位)
· A climber inched up a vertical wall of rock.
攀爬者缓慢地爬上垂直的岩壁。
2. autonomous adj. 全自动的
3. make sth. a reality 实现某事
· When we first started out, we had a wonderful school on paper but a long journey to make it a reality.
刚开始的时候,我们想着要创办一所伟大的学校,但要变成现实还有很长的一段路要走。
4. sb.-backed 某人作财力支持的,某人作后盾的
· Facebook-backed Facebook投资的
5. roll out (产品的)发布 (launch)
6. driverless adj. 无人驾驶的
7. robotaxis n. 机器出租车,无人驾驶出租车
8. player n. 玩家;运动员
9. notch n. 等级,档次 v. 赢得,获取
· notch a milestone 树立了里程碑
10. milestone n. 里程碑
· mile-英里,stone-石头
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