经济学人:一周要闻扎克伯格:不会卸任董事长

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Mark Zuckerberg said he would not relinquish his title as chairman and that investors who wanted him to step down from the position and focus on being chief executive were misguided.
马克·扎克伯格表示，他不会卸任董事长一职，那些希望他下台、专注于担任首席执行官的投资者被误导了。

He also stood by Sheryl Sandberg, Facebook's beleaguered chief operating officer.
他还力挺“自身难保”的首席运营官——谢丽尔·桑德伯格。

The latest scandal to envelop the social network centres on its contract with a consultancy to dig up dirt on its detractors.
让脸书身陷囹圄的最新丑闻起源于其与某咨询公司签订的合同，以挖掘诋毁者的黑料。

Mr Zuckerberg and Ms Sandberg both say they were unaware of Facebook's relationship with the firm.
扎克伯格和桑德伯格均表示，他们对脸书与该公司的往来不知情。

The global car industry reacted with shock to the arrest of Carlos Ghosn in Tokyo.
全球汽车业对于卡洛斯·戈恩(Carlos Ghosn)在东京被捕一事感到震惊。

Mr Ghosn forged, and heads, the alliance between Nissan and Renault that was later joined by Mitsubishi.
戈恩组建并领导了日产和雷诺(Renault)的联盟，三菱(Mitsubishi)随后也加入了该联盟。

He is being detained at the behest of Japanese prosecutors after Nissan alleged that he had understated his earnings and misused company assets.
在日产汽车指控其虚报收入及滥用公司资产后，他应日本检察机关的要求被拘留。

Before his arrest Mr Ghosn's push for deeper integration between Nissan and Renault had reportedly met some stiff resistance from Nissan's board.
在戈恩被捕之前，据报道，戈恩推动日产与雷诺进一步整合的努力遭到日产董事会的强硬抵制。

Israel's minister for tourism warned that he would seek to impose a punitive tax on Airbnb's operations in the country, after the firm delisted properties located in Israeli settlements in the West Bank.
以色列旅游部长警告称，在Airbnb将位于约旦河西岸以色列占领区的民宿下线后，他将寻求对Airbnb在该国的业务征收惩罚性税收。

The home-rental platform acted in response to a campaign by activists to scrub the settlements from its website.
该房屋租赁平台此举是为了回应活动人士要求该网站下架占领区民宿的行动。

A campaign to attain severance pay for staff at Toys "R" Us who lost their jobs when the company declared bankruptcy
玩具反斗城(Toys " R " Us)在宣布破产后，该公司发起了一场为面临下岗的员工争取遣散费的运动，

resulted in the creation of a $20m hardship fund by Bain Capital and kkr, two private-equity firms.
而贝恩资本(Bain Capital)和kkr设立了一笔2000万美元的遣散费基金。

Both were involved in the buy-out of the retailer in 2005, and have been blamed by workers' groups for its demise.
这两家公司都参与了2005年对这家零售店的收购，并因其倒闭而受到工人团体的指责。

Other firms have been asked to contribute. The workers say the fund needs to reach $75m to cover payments promised to them.
其他公司也被要求“出钱出力”。工人们表示，该笔基金需要达到7500万美元，才能支付承诺给他们的数额。

BTG, for instance, produces small glass microspheres that deliver radiation directly to liver tumours.
例如，BTG生产小玻璃微球，可将辐射直接传送到肝脏肿瘤。

It also has a pharmaceutical arm that focuses on antidotes; its bestselling product is a treatment for rattlesnake bites.
它还设有一个专门研发解毒剂的制药部门;其最畅销的产品是治疗响尾蛇咬伤的药物。

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1.step down 下台

The president need not step down so long as the elections are held under international supervision.
只要选举在国际监督下进行，总统就不用下台r%Yx3_^jm],iB。

2.chief executive 首席执行官

The programme of sell-offs has been implemented by the new chief executive.
新任总裁已经执行了抛售方案dPVv;XA+;3~d;c%ECc。

3.focus on 专注于

His administration's economic policy would focus on reining in inflation.
他的政府的经济政策将侧重于控制通货膨胀gKs9vLvmKOYu@。

4.pay for 支付

Using a credit card to pay for an order is simplicity itself.
用信用卡支付订单再简单不过了6dr#Ol~R3-OeY9。

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