HYBE怎么了？

昨天有小伙伴提到想看外媒关于韩国娱乐巨头HYBE内斗事件的报道，我们今天就一起来看看吧。

🤔️小作业：

1. Who owns the majority stake in Ador?

A) Min Hee-jin

B) Hybe

C) Other top executives in Ador

D) External investors

A) Negotiate a settlement

B) Resign immediately

C) Sue for damages

D) Apologize publicly

无注释原文：

NewJeans: The controversy shaking the K-pop world

From: BBC

Audits, allegations of copying, an emotional press conference, confused fans - the latest controversy shaking the K-pop world has it all.

At the centre of it all - popular group NewJeans, the woman who is their creative director, and one of South Korea's biggest, most influential record labels.

The infighting between Hybe, the entertainment giant behind the success of BTS, and the head of its subsidiary label Ador has gripped the country for days now.

The tension peaked on Thursday when Min Hee-jin, CEO of Ador, gave a two-hour press conference where she sobbed several times and used expletive language.

"It's not me who betrayed Hybe, it's Hybe that betrayed me," the K-pop veteran said in the live-streamed event.

"I don't know what you think, but I wanted to focus on NewJeans."

Who are NewJeans?

Formed by Ador in 2022, NewJeans is a five-member girl group - Minji, Hanni, Danielle, Haerin and Hyein - whose ages range from 16 to 20.

The group has cultivated a big following - its official Instagram account has nearly 12 million followers. They are also becoming a new favourite of investors. The group and its members have been appointed ambassadors of several global fashion brands.

In April, they even replaced K-pop sensation Blackpink as the face of the tourism board advertisements at Incheon airport - Korea's biggest.

How did the controversy start?

It all started on Monday, when Hybe announced that it was launching an audit on its subsidiary label Ador and its executives including Ms Min. Hybe also called on her to step down.

Hybe, which represents massive K-pop groups such as BTS and Seventeen, is South Korea's largest music firm. Ador was founded in 2021 as an independent label under the company and NewJeans is the only group it manages.

According to local media, Hybe accused Ms Min and others of plotting to go independent and take over control of the label, as well as leaking confidential information to attract investors.

Ms Min owns an 18% stake in Ador and Hybe owns an 80% stake. The other 2% is owned by other top executives in Ador.

Ms Min denied the allegations and had accused Hybe of launching another girl group Illit that was copying NewJeans' music and appearance.

What could happen next?

It is not immediately clear what each side will do next. But many local outlets speculate it is likely that the matter will be taken to court.

In the press conference, Ms Min said she wanted to sue Hybe for damages.

Hybe has requested a shareholders' meeting at Ador to dismiss Ms Min, according to local reports. But many believe it is unlikely to happen given the opposition from Ms Min and her team. If so Hybe will have to turn to the court to get permission to hold an urgent shareholders meeting, This can take up to two months.

NewJeans haven't addressed the ongoing dispute. But they are not going to disappear from the public eye. The group has already revealed that they will release their new double single How Sweet in May. They started releasing teaser images for it on Friday.

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注：完整题目见本文开头；中文文本为机器翻译并非一一对应，仅供参考

含注释全文：

NewJeans: The controversy shaking the K-pop world

From: BBC

Audits, allegations of copying, an emotional press conference, confused fans - the latest controversy shaking the K-pop world has it all.

审计、抄袭指控、一场情感激昂的记者会、困惑的粉丝——最近的争议风波震动了整个韩国流行音乐圈。

audit /ˈɔː.dɪt/ 可以作名词，也可以作动词，表示“查…的账目;审计”，英文解释为“to make an official examination of the accounts of a business and produce a report”举个🌰：The company has an audit at the end of each financial year. 这家公司在每个财政年度的年末都要进行一次审计。

allegation /ˌæl.əˈɡeɪ.ʃən/ 表示“指控，指责”，英文解释为“An allegation is a statement saying that someone has done something wrong.”举个🌰：The company has denied the allegations. 该公司否认了这些指控。

controversy /ˈkɒn.trə.vɜː.si/ 表示“争议；争论；争辩”，英文解释为“a lot of disagreement or argument about something, usually because it affects or is important to many people”举个🌰：There was a big controversy surrounding / over the use of drugs in athletics. 体育界对使用违禁药物争议很大。

At the centre of it all - popular group NewJeans, the woman who is their creative director, and one of South Korea's biggest, most influential record labels.

争议的中心在于人气组合NewJeans、其创意总监，以及韩国最大、最具影响力的唱片公司之一。

record label /ˈrek.ɔːd ˌleɪ.bəl/ 表示“唱片公司”，英文解释为“a company that records and sells music”举个🌰：She's signed a three-album deal with a new record label. 她已和一家新的唱片公司签约，将推出3张专辑。

📍label 表示“公司；品牌商品；公司名称；公司标志”，英文解释为“a company that produces goods for sale, the goods themselves, or the company's name or symbol”举个🌰：Her favourite designer label (= maker of expensive clothes) is Armani. 她最喜欢的服装品牌是阿玛尼。

The infighting between Hybe, the entertainment giant behind the success of BTS, and the head of its subsidiary label Ador has gripped the country for days now.

防弹少年团（BTS）成功的幕后推手娱乐巨头HYBE与其旗下子公司ADOR负责人之间的内斗，连日来已成为韩国的热议话题。

infighting /ˈɪnˌfaɪ.tɪŋ/ 表示“（集团内部的）暗斗”，英文解释为“competition between people within a group, especially to improve their own position or to get agreement for their ideas”

giant /ˈdʒaɪ.ənt/表示“巨头，大公司”，英文解释为“Giant is often used to refer to any large, successful business organization or country.”如：Japanese electronics giant, Sony 日本的电子业巨头——索尼公司。

📍这个词来自希腊神话中的“巨人”（Gigantes），表示在某个领域或行业内非常强大或巨大的实体。

类似的还有：

📍mogul /ˈməʊɡəl/表示“（尤指新闻、影视界的）大人物；大亨”，英文解释为“A mogul is an important, rich, and powerful businessman, especially one in the news, film, or television industry.”如：an international media mogul一位国际传媒大亨。

📍magnate /ˈmæɡneɪt, -nɪt/ 表示“大亨，巨头”，英文解释为“a rich and powerful person in industry or business”。

📍tycoon /taɪˈkuːn/ 表示“巨头，大亨（工商界）”，英文解释为“someone who is successful in business or industry and has a lot of money and power”如：property tycoon 房地产大亨。

📍conglomerate /kənˈglɒmərɪt/ 表示“联合大公司；企业集团”，英文解释为“A conglomerate is a large business firm consisting of several different companies.”如：the world's second-largest media conglomerate 世界第二大传媒集团。

📍behemoth /ˈbiːhɪmɒθ/ 表示“巨头（指规模庞大、实力雄厚的公司或机构）”，英文解释为“a very big and powerful company or organization”。

📍titan /ˈtaɪ.tən/表示“巨人；巨头”，英文解释为“If you describe someone as a titan of a particular field, you mean that they are very important and powerful or successful in that field.”

subsidiary /səbˈsɪd.i.ə.ri/ 表示“子公司；附属公司”，英文解释为“A subsidiary or a subsidiary company is a company which is part of a larger and more important company.”

grip /ɡrɪp/ 1）表示“使入迷，吸引…的注意力”，英文解释为“to keep someone's attention completely”举个🌰：This trial has gripped the whole nation. 这场审判引起了全国的关注。

2）表示“紧握，握紧，紧抓（住）”，英文解释为“to hold very tightly”举个🌰：The baby gripped my finger with her tiny hand. 婴儿的小手紧紧握住我的手指。

3）表示“（感情等）强烈地控制；对…产生强烈影响”，英文解释为“When an emotion such as fear grips you, you feel it strongly.”举个🌰：Then he turned towards me, and I was suddenly gripped by fear. 然后，他转过身对着我，我突然惊恐万状。

The tension peaked on Thursday when Min Hee-jin, CEO of Ador, gave a two-hour press conference where she sobbed several times and used expletive language.

双方的矛盾在周四达到顶峰，当天ADOR首席执行官闵熙珍（Min Hee-jin）举行了两个小时的记者会，其间多次落泪并飙出脏话。

peak /piːk/ 可以作名词，也可以作动词，表示“（达到）峰值”，英文解释为“When something peaks, it reaches its highest value or its highest level.”举个🌰：Temperatures have peaked at over 90 degrees. 温度已达到峰值，超过了90度。

sob /sɒb/ 表示“呜咽，抽泣，抽噎”，英文解释为“to cry noisily, taking in deep breaths”举个🌰：You're not going to help matters by lying there sobbing! 你躺在那里哭并不能解决问题！

expletive /ɪkˈspliːtɪv/ 表示“咒骂语，脏话”，英文解释为“a word that is considered offensive”举个🌰：She dropped the book on her foot and let out a row/string of expletives. 她手里的书掉下来砸到了脚，疼得她咒骂了一通。

"It's not me who betrayed Hybe, it's Hybe that betrayed me," the K-pop veteran said in the live-streamed event.

这位韩国流行音乐圈资深人士在直播中说：“不是我背叛了HYBE，而是HYBE背叛了我。”

betray /bɪˈtreɪ/ 表示“背叛，出卖;对…不忠诚”，英文解释为“to not be loyal to your country or a person, often by doing something harmful such as helping their enemies”举个🌰：She felt betrayed by her mother's lack of support. 她觉得母亲背弃了她，因为母亲没有支持她。

livestream/live-stream 表示“互联网直播，线上直播，流直播”，英文解释为“to broadcast video and sound of an event over the internet as it happens, or to be broadcast in this way”

"I don't know what you think, but I wanted to focus on NewJeans."

“我不知道你们怎么想，但我只想专注于NewJeans。”

Who are NewJeans? NewJeans是什么？

Formed by Ador in 2022, NewJeans is a five-member girl group - Minji, Hanni, Danielle, Haerin and Hyein - whose ages range from 16 to 20.

NewJeans由ADOR于2022年组建，是五人女子组合，分别是金玟池（MINJI）、范玉欣（HANNI）、牟智慧（DANIELLE）、姜谐潾（HAERIN）、李惠仁（HYEIN），年龄在16岁至20岁之间。

The group has cultivated a big following - its official Instagram account has nearly 12 million followers. They are also becoming a new favourite of investors. The group and its members have been appointed ambassadors of several global fashion brands.

NewJeans拥有庞大的粉丝群体，其官方Instagram账号拥有近1200万关注者，NewJeans也正逐渐成为投资者的新宠，该组合及其成员已被多个全球时尚品牌任命为形象大使。

cultivate /ˈkʌl.tɪ.veɪt/ 表示“培养，培育；养成；陶冶；改进”，英文解释为“to try to develop and improve something”举个🌰：She has cultivated an image as a tough negotiator. 她将自己的形象塑造成一个强硬的谈判者。

ambassador /æmˈbæs.ə.dər/ 表示“大使；代表，使者”，英文解释为“an important official who works in a foreign country representing his or her own country there, and who is officially accepted in this position by that country; a person who acts as a representative or promoter of a specified event”

In April, they even replaced K-pop sensation Blackpink as the face of the tourism board advertisements at Incheon airport - Korea's biggest.

今年4月，她们甚至取代了韩国流行音乐当红组合Blackpink，成为韩国最大机场仁川机场旅游宣传大使。

sensation /senˈseɪ.ʃən/ 1）表示“轰动；哗然；引起轰动的人（或事物）”，英文解释为“very great surprise, excitement, or interest among a lot of people; the person or the thing that causes this surprise”举个🌰：The band became a sensation overnight. 一夜之间，这支乐队名声大振。

📍此前，戳爷Troye Sivan被传已分手数月？文中出现过，pop sensation可以理解为“流行巨星”，“流行天王”。还有，63岁中国爷爷成油管网红文中标题就是Master carpenter's ancient Chinese skills are a YouTube sensation.

2）作可数名词，还可以表示“感觉；知觉”，英文解释为“a feeling that you get when sth affects your body”如：a tingling/burning sensation 刺痛/烧灼的感觉。

3）作不可数名词，可以表示“感觉能力；知觉能力”，英文解释为“the ability to feel through your sense of touch”举个🌰：She seemed to have lost all sensation in her arms. 她的两条胳膊好像完全失去知觉了。

🎬电影《困在爱中》（Stuck in Love）中的台词提到：I was overcome by the oddest sensation. 我像是被一种怪异的冲动（感觉）驱使着。

📍词根“-sens-”来自拉丁语“sensare”，表示“感觉”。近义词：phenomenon（现象），同根词：sensitive（敏感的），常用短语：cause a sensation（引起轰动）

How did the controversy start? 争议是如何开始的？

It all started on Monday, when Hybe announced that it was launching an audit on its subsidiary label Ador and its executives including Ms Min. Hybe also called on her to step down.

争议始于本周一，HYBE宣布将对其子公司ADOR及其高管（包括闵熙珍）展开审计，并要求她辞职。

step down等同于step aside，表示“退位”，英文解释为“If someone steps down or steps aside, they resign from an important job or position, often in order to let someone else take their place.”举个🌰：He has decided to step down as captain of the team. 他决定不再当队长。

类似的还有：

📍quit，除了退出，离开的含义，也有：辞去（工作）；辞职，的含义（If you quit, or quit your job, you choose to leave it.）举个🌰：He quit his job as an office boy. 他辞去了办公室勤杂员的工作。

📺美剧《恋爱手册》（A To Z）中的台词提到：Quit my job and then ask him out? 辞职然后约他出去？

📍resign 1）表示“辞职”，英文解释为“If you resign from a job or position, you formally announce that you are leaving it.”举个🌰：He resigned his position last month. 他上个月辞去了他的职位。

2）表示“使屈从”，英文解释为“If you resign yourself to an unpleasant situation or fact, you accept it because you realize that you cannot change it.”举个🌰：Jane and I resigned ourselves to yet another summer without a boat. 简和我将就着又过了一个没有船的夏天。

Hybe, which represents massive K-pop groups such as BTS and Seventeen, is South Korea's largest music firm. Ador was founded in 2021 as an independent label under the company and NewJeans is the only group it manages.

HYBE是韩国最大的音乐公司，旗下拥有防弹少年团和SEVENTEEN等重量级韩国流行音乐组合。ADOR成立于2021年，是该公司旗下的独立厂牌，而NewJeans是ADOR管理的唯一一个组合。

According to local media, Hybe accused Ms Min and others of plotting to go independent and take over control of the label, as well as leaking confidential information to attract investors.

据当地媒体报道，HYBE指控闵熙珍等人密谋独立并夺取该厂牌的控制权，以及泄露机密信息以吸引投资者。

plot /plɒt/ 作动词，表示“密谋；策划”，英文解释为“to make a secret plan to do something wrong, harmful, or illegal”举个🌰：They're plotting (together) to take over the company. 他们在（一起）谋划接管该公司。

confidential /ˌkɒn.fɪˈden.ʃəl/ 表示“秘密的，机密的”，英文解释为“secret, often in a formal, business, or military situation”举个🌰：All information will be treated as strictly confidential. 所有的信息都将被视作绝密。

Ms Min owns an 18% stake in Ador and Hybe owns an 80% stake. The other 2% is owned by other top executives in Ador.

闵熙珍拥有ADOR公司18%的股份，而Hybe持有80%的股份。另外2%的股份由ADOR的其他高管持有。

stake /steɪk/ 表示“股本，股份”，英文解释为“a share or a financial involvement in something such as a business”举个🌰：He holds (= owns) a 55 percent stake in/of the company. 他拥有公司55%的股份。

补充：

📍have a stake in sth表示“对…有强烈的兴趣；与…有利害关系”，英文解释为“If you have a stake in something, it is important to you because you have a personal interest or involvement in it.”举个🌰：Employers have a stake in the training of their staff. 雇主很重视员工培训。

📍at stake 表示“有风险；处于危急关头”，英文解释为“If something that is valuable is at stake, it is in a situation where it might be lost.”举个🌰：Thousands of lives will be at stake if emergency aid does not arrive in the city soon. 如果紧急救援物资不能很快运到城中，数千人的生命就会有危险。

Ms Min denied the allegations and had accused Hybe of launching another girl group Illit that was copying NewJeans' music and appearance.

闵熙珍否认了这些指控，并指责HYBE推出的另一个女子组合Illit在音乐和形象上抄袭NewJeans。

What could happen next? 接下来会发生什么？

It is not immediately clear what each side will do next. But many local outlets speculate it is likely that the matter will be taken to court.

目前尚不清楚双方下一步将采取什么行动。但许多当地媒体猜测，此事很可能会诉诸法庭。

outlet /ˈaʊt.let/ 或者outlets一词经常出现，media outlet / news outlets 都可以表示媒体/新闻机构；outlet本身表示“商店，商行；销售公司；专卖店；直销店”，英文解释为“An outlet is a shop or organization which sells the goods made by a particular manufacturer or at a discount price, often direct from the manufacturer.”如：a fast-food outlet 快餐店，a retail outlet 零售店，举个🌰：At the factory outlet you'll find discounted items at up to 75% off regular prices. 在工厂的直销店里，你会找到比常规价低75%的打折商品。

📍而我们日常生活中常见的“奥特莱斯”商场就是outlets的音译，指的就是品牌直销购物中心。

此外，也可以指“（情绪或精力的）发泄方式，发泄途径，施展的机会”，英文解释为“a way in which emotion or energy can be expressed or made use of”举个🌰：Her work provided no outlet for her energies and talents. 她的工作没有给她提供发泄精力及施展才华的机会。

📍美式英语里还可以表示“电源插座（同 power point）”。

speculate /ˈspek.jə.leɪt/ 表示“推测；猜测；推断”，英文解释为“to form an opinion about sth without knowing all the details or facts”举个🌰：We all speculated about the reasons for her resignation. 我们大家都推测过她辞职的原因。

📺美剧《24小时》（24 Hours）中的台词提到：I wouldn't want to speculate at this time, 这次我不想妄加揣测。

In the press conference, Ms Min said she wanted to sue Hybe for damages.

在记者会上，闵熙珍表示她想起诉HYBE，要求赔偿损失。

sue /suː/ 表示“控告，对…提起诉讼（尤指要求赔偿）”，英文解释为“to take legal action against a person or organization, especially by making a legal claim for money because of some harm that they have caused you”举个🌰：He was so furious about the accusations in the letter that he threatened to sue. 他对信里的指控愤怒至极，扬言要控告对方。

Hybe has requested a shareholders' meeting at Ador to dismiss Ms Min, according to local reports. But many believe it is unlikely to happen given the opposition from Ms Min and her team. If so Hybe will have to turn to the court to get permission to hold an urgent shareholders meeting, This can take up to two months.

据当地媒体报道，HYBE已要求ADOR召开股东大会解雇闵熙珍。但许多人认为，鉴于闵熙珍及其团队的反对，股东大会不太可能召开。如果是这样，HYBE将不得不向法院申请，以获得召开紧急股东大会的许可，这可能需要长达两个月的时间。

dismiss /dɪˈsmɪs/ 1）表示“对…不予理会，摒弃，（从头脑中）去除”，英文解释为“to decide that something or someone is not important and not worth considering”举个🌰：I think he'd dismissed me as an idiot within five minutes of meeting me. 我认为他和我见面5分钟后就把我归入了傻瓜之列。

2）表示“解雇；免职；开除”，英文解释为“to officially remove sb from their job”举个🌰：She claims she was unfairly dismissed from her post. 她声称自己被无理免职。

NewJeans haven't addressed the ongoing dispute. But they are not going to disappear from the public eye. The group has already revealed that they will release their new double single How Sweet in May. They started releasing teaser images for it on Friday.

NewJeans尚未对这场持续的纠纷发表评论。但他们不会从公众视线中消失。该组合已透露，将于五月发行全新双单曲《How Sweet》。他们已于周五开始发布预告照。

teaser词典里的意思是“前导广告，悬念式广告（含蓄而引人好奇）”，英文解释为“an advertisement for a product that does not mention the name of the product or say much about it but is intended to make people interested and likely to pay attention to later advertisements”。此处指的是“预告”，“预热”片。

📍类似的还有一个词trailer /ˈtreɪlə/，表示“（电影或电视节目的）预告片”，英文解释为“a series of short scenes from a film/movie or television programme, shown in advance to advertise it”

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