Netflix’s share price plunged by more than 10% after the video-streaming company forecast much lower subscriber growth for the second quarter than analysts had predicted.
请问:
(1) by 是什么意思?
(2) much lower subscriber growth for the second quarter 是什么意思?
谭老师:
▲介词 by 可以与表示增加、减少的动词搭配,表示数值变化的幅度。例如:
·The rate of inflation has increased by 2%. 通货膨胀率已增长了2%。
·House prices went up by 10%. 房价上涨了10%。
·The price of wheat has decreased by 5%. 小麦价格下降了5%。
这里的 plunge 表示也属于此类动词,表示价格下跌、骤降。
▲subscriber growth 指的是订阅用户增长数;
the second quarter 是一年的第二季度,也就是指(今年的)4月至6月;
形容词比较级 lower 与之后的比较分句 than analysts had predicted 相呼应,构成比较结构;
程度副词 much 修饰 lower。
▲翻译:网飞公司的股价暴跌了10%以上,因为此前这家流媒体视频公司对第二季度订阅用户增长数的预测比分析家预测的低得多。(隐性的因果关系译为显性)