苹果和阿里将为中国iPhone开发AI功能
LearnAndRecord约 10 分钟近日，媒体报道称苹果和阿里巴巴将合作为中国iPhone用户开发AI功能。
🤔️小作业：
1. According to the article, what is one contributing factor to Apple's revenue decline in the Greater China region?
A. Increased competition from Huawei offering AI functions.
B. A decline in smartphone sales worldwide.
C. The discontinuation of Apple Intelligence in all markets.
D. A regulatory ban on Apple products in China.
无注释原文：
Alibaba Shares Surge After Progress in Apple Partnership
From: The Wall Street Journal
Alibaba's shares surged as the e-commerce giant made progress in its partnership with Apple to roll out artificial-intelligence features in China.
Apple recently submitted Apple Intelligence features for China, developed with Alibaba, for approval by the country's cyberspace regulator, a person familiar with the matter said. The review process could take months, the person said.
The news, earlier reported by The Information, sent Alibaba's shares 6.7% higher to 111.90 Hong Kong dollars, equivalent to $14.36, at midday, on track for their biggest daily gain since September.
Apple rolled out Apple Intelligence last year, a new AI tool which includes an improved Siri voice assistant as well as a variety of text-generation and photo-editing capabilities. Chinese regulators require Apple to work with local companies to develop the generative AI services it plans to release in the country.
Apple has been talking with major Chinese AI model providers since last spring. The iPhone maker was primarily working with Chinese search engine company Baidu until their collaboration ran into snags late last year, according to people familiar with the matter.
In China, Apple has faced pressure from local rivals, such as Huawei, which sell phones with AI functions. Apple's revenue from the Greater China region fell 11% in the quarter ended December, a drop that Chief Executive Tim Cook said was partly because Apple Intelligence wasn't available in China.
Alibaba provides a conversational chatbot service, Qwen, and has released models ranked highly for their performance by global researchers in Chatbot Arena. It has also embedded AI models into its e-commerce services.
Apple didn't immediately respond to a request for comment.
- ◆ -
注：完整题目见本文开头；中文文本为华尔街日报官方译文，仅供参考
含注释全文：
Alibaba Shares Surge After Progress in Apple Partnership
From: The Wall Street Journal
Alibaba's shares surged as the e-commerce giant made progress in its partnership with Apple to roll out artificial-intelligence features in China.
中国电商巨头阿里巴巴（Alibaba）股价飙升，此前该公司与苹果公司(Apple)在中国推出人工智能功能的合作取得进展。
surge
surge /sɜːdʒ/ 1）作动词，表示“急剧上升；飞涨；剧增”，英文解释为“If something surges, it increases suddenly and greatly, after being steady or developing only slowly.”举个🌰：The company's profits have surged. 公司的利润激增。
2）表示“涌动，蜂拥向前”，英文解释为“to move quickly and powerfully”举个🌰：An angry crowd surged through the gates of the president's palace. 愤怒的人群涌进了总统府的大门。
3）作名词，表示“剧增”，英文解释为“A surge is a sudden large increase in something that has previously been steady, or has only increased or developed slowly.”举个🌰：An unexpected surge in electrical power caused the computer to crash. 突然出现的电压剧增导致电脑死机。
🎬电影《雷神2：黑暗世界》（Thor: The Dark World）中的台词提到：But she will not survive the amount of energy surging within her. 但她体内涌动的能量太大 她撑不住的。
giant
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.”
roll out
rollout作名词时，表示“首次提供（产品或服务）”，英文解释为“the act of making something, especially a product or service, available for the first time”举个🌰：Since its rollout in 2011, Wechat has gained billions of members. 自从2011年首次提供使用以来，微信已经吸引了数以亿计的用户。
📍2020年政府工作报告Part 12中就提到：We will support the rollout of e-commerce and express delivery services in rural areas to expand rural consumption. 支持电商、快递进农村，拓展农村消费。
📍roll out 动词短语，表示“推出（新产品或服务）”，英文解释为“If a company rolls out a new product or service, or if the product or service rolls out, it is made available to the public.”举个🌰：Microsoft rolls out its new operating system. 微软推出了它的新操作系统。
📍此外，roll out还有另一个含义，表示“将…轧平”，英文解释为“to make sth flat by pushing sth over it”举个🌰：Roll out the pastry. 将油酥面团擀平。
🎬电影《老爸上战场》（Dad's Army）中刚好有这个例句：Shall I roll out the pastry? 我要把面团轧平吗？
Apple recently submitted Apple Intelligence features for China, developed with Alibaba, for approval by the country's cyberspace regulator, a person familiar with the matter said. The review process could take months, the person said.
一位知情人士透露，苹果公司最近已向中国网络监管机构提交苹果与阿里巴巴合作开发的中国“Apple Intelligence”功能的审批申请。该知情人士称，审批可能需要数月时间。
cyberspace
cyberspace /ˈsaɪ.bə.speɪs/ 表示“网络空间”，英文解释为“the internet considered as an imaginary area without limits where you can meet people and discover information about any subject”举个🌰：You can find the answer to almost any question in cyberspace. 在网络上差不多任何问题都可以找到答案。
The news, earlier reported by The Information, sent Alibaba's shares 6.7% higher to 111.90 Hong Kong dollars, equivalent to $14.36, at midday, on track for their biggest daily gain since September.
此前The Information报道了这一消息。受此消息推动，阿里巴巴股价午盘上涨6.7%，至111.90港元（约合14.36美元），有望创下去年9月份以来的最大单日涨幅。
equivalent
equivalent /ɪˈkwɪv.əl.ənt/ 1）作形容词，表示“（价值、数量、意义、重要性等）相等的，相同的”，英文解释为“equal in value, amount, meaning, importance, etc.”举个🌰：Eight kilometres is roughly equivalent to five miles. 八公里约等于五英里。
2）作名词，表示“相等的东西；等量；对应词”，英文解释为“a thing, amount, word, etc. that is equivalent to sth else”
Apple rolled out Apple Intelligence last year, a new AI tool which includes an improved Siri voice assistant as well as a variety of text-generation and photo-editing capabilities. Chinese regulators require Apple to work with local companies to develop the generative AI services it plans to release in the country.
苹果公司去年推出了“Apple Intelligence”，这是一款新的AI工具，包括经过改进的Siri语音助手以及各种文本生成和照片编辑功能。中国监管机构要求苹果公司与当地公司合作开发计划在中国发布的生成式AI服务。
capability
capability /ˌkeɪ.pəˈbɪl.ə.ti/ 表示“能力；才干；水平”，英文解释为“the ability to do something”举个🌰：These tests are beyond the capability of an average twelve-year-old. 这些测试超出了一个普通12岁孩子的能力。
📍词根“cap-”来自拉丁语“capere”，表示“抓取”，“-ability”表示“能力”。想象这个软件有“抓取”并快速处理大量数据的“能力”。近义词：capacity（容量），同根词：capable（有能力的），常用短语：enhance capability（增强能力）
generative
generative /ˈdʒen.ər.ə.tɪv/ 表示“有生产能力的；能生成的”，英文解释为“able to produce or create something”如：the generative power of the mind 大脑的生成能力。
📍ChatGPT全名就是：Chat Generative Pre-trained Transformer.
📍词根“gen-”来自拉丁语“generare”，表示“产生”，后缀“-ative”表示形容词，即“有产生作用的”。想象生成式AI能够基于现有数据创造新内容。近义词：productive（生产的），同根词：generate（生成），常用短语：generative model（生成模型）
Apple has been talking with major Chinese AI model providers since last spring. The iPhone maker was primarily working with Chinese search engine company Baidu until their collaboration ran into snags late last year, according to people familiar with the matter.
自去年春天以来，苹果公司一直在与中国主要的AI模型提供商进行谈判。据知情人士透露，这家iPhone制造商最初主要与中国搜索引擎公司百度合作，但双方合作在去年年底遇到了障碍。
snag
snag /snæɡ/ 表示“麻烦，问题，困难”，英文解释为“a problem, difficulty, or disadvantage”举个🌰：We don't anticipate any snags in/with the negotiations. 我们预料谈判不会出现任何麻烦。
In China, Apple has faced pressure from local rivals, such as Huawei, which sell phones with AI functions. Apple's revenue from the Greater China region fell 11% in the quarter ended December, a drop that Chief Executive Tim Cook said was partly because Apple Intelligence wasn't available in China.
在中国，苹果公司一直面临着华为等本土竞争对手的压力，这些公司销售具有AI功能的手机。在截至去年12月的财季，苹果公司大中华区收入下降了11%，该公司首席执行官蒂姆·库克（Tim Cook）表示，这在一定程度上是因为“Apple Intelligence”在中国不可用。
rival
rival /ˈraɪ.vəl/ 作名词，表示“竞争对手；敌手”，英文解释为“a person, group, etc. competing with others for the same thing or in the same area”
作动词，表示“可与…相媲美，比得上”，英文解释为“to be as good, clever, beautiful, etc. as someone or something else”举个🌰：No computer can rival a human brain for/in complexity. 没有任何计算机比得上人脑复杂。
revenue
revenue /ˈrev.ən.juː/ 表示“税收，岁入；（公司的）收益”，英文解释为“the income that a government or company receives regularly”
Alibaba provides a conversational chatbot service, Qwen, and has released models ranked highly for their performance by global researchers in Chatbot Arena. It has also embedded AI models into its e-commerce services.
阿里巴巴提供对话式聊天机器人服务“通义千问”（Qwen），并发布了在全球研究机构Chatbot Arena的性能排名中名列前茅的模型。该公司还将AI模型嵌入到其电商服务中。
conversational
conversational /ˌkɒn.vəˈseɪ.ʃən.əl/ 表示“交谈的；谈话式的；口语的”，英文解释为“relating to or like a conversation”如：a conversational style of writing 口语化的行文风格。
embed
embed /ɪmˈbed/ 表示“把…牢牢嵌入（或插入、埋入）”，英文解释为“to fix something firmly into a substance”
Apple didn't immediately respond to a request for comment.
苹果公司没有立即回复置评请求。
- 词汇盘点 -
- 词汇助记 By DeepSeek -
LearnAndRecord
2015年2月8日
2025年2月14日
第3660天
每天持续行动学外语