比亚迪在欧洲销量首次超过特斯拉

近日，比亚迪在欧洲销量首次超越特斯拉。

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🤔️小作业：

1. What can be inferred about European consumer preferences in the electric vehicle market based on the article?

A. Price competitiveness plays a major role in their choices

B. They prefer luxury features over affordability

C. They remain loyal to traditional European brands

D. E-sports sponsorships heavily influence their buying decisions

无注释原文：

China's BYD Outsells Tesla in Europe for First Time

From: The New York Times

BYD of China sold more electric cars than Tesla in Europe for the first time last month, reflecting an aggressive push by the Chinese automaker on the continent as well as the continuing travails of Elon Musk's company among European buyers.

BYD edged out Tesla by fewer than 100 vehicles, according to data for 28 European countries released on Thursday by JATO Dynamics, a research firm. BYD sold 7,231 fully battery-powered cars in Europe last month, versus Tesla's 7,165.

Despite the small margin, it is “a watershed moment for Europe's car market,” Felipe Munoz, an analyst at JATO, said in a statement. European car buyers appear willing to embrace Chinese electric cars, which remain cheaper than locally made alternatives despite tariffs imposed by the European Union last year aimed at protecting domestic producers.

BYD's battery-powered car sales jumped nearly 170 percent in April, versus the same month last year. That far surpassed the pace of sales for all electric cars, which grew 17 percent over that period.

At the same time, Europeans are shunning Tesla, which for years was the most popular brand of electric cars in Europe. Its sales plunged 49 percent year over year in April, dropping Tesla to 11th in the rankings for the month. In the first quarter of the year, it ranked second in electric vehicle sales, behind Germany's Volkswagen.

In Europe, Tesla's cars first became available in Norway in 2014. It began production at a factory outside Berlin in 2022 — the same year that BYD started selling cars in Norway and the Netherlands.

The Chinese automaker is building a factory in Hungary, as well as one in Turkey, which can export cars to the European Union without having to pay tariffs. This week, BYD announced that it would establish its European headquarters in Hungary, which it said would create 2,000 jobs, including in research and development.

Over the past year, BYD has expanded rapidly throughout Europe. If its plug-in hybrid models are also included, it increased sales by well over 300 percent in April, compared with the previous year. By this measure, it also outsold established European brands like Fiat, Dacia and Seat in some big European countries.

Volkswagen, which has struggled for years to compete against Chinese automakers as well as Tesla, topped the list of electric car sales in April, with more than 23,500 new registrations, up roughly 60 percent.

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含注释全文：

China's BYD Outsells Tesla in Europe for First Time

From: The New York Times

BYD of China sold more electric cars than Tesla in Europe for the first time last month, reflecting an aggressive push by the Chinese automaker on the continent as well as the continuing travails of Elon Musk's company among European buyers.

上个月，中国的比亚迪在欧洲的电动汽车销量首次超过了特斯拉，反映出这家中国汽车制造商在欧洲大陆的积极推进，以及埃隆·马斯克的公司在欧洲买家中持续面临的困境。

outsell /ˌaʊtˈsel/ 表示“（产品）比…更畅销，比…卖得好”，英文解释为“(of a product) to be sold in greater numbers than another product”举个🌰：MP3s soon began to outsell CDs. MP3销量很快就开始超过光盘了。

aggressive /əˈɡres.ɪv/ 1）表示“好斗的；挑衅的；侵略的”，英文解释为“angry, and behaving in a threatening way; ready to attack”

2）表示“气势汹汹的；声势浩大的；志在必得的；积极进取的；有冲劲的；雄心勃勃的”，英文解释为“acting with force and determination in order to succeed”如：an aggressive advertising campaign 一场声势浩大的广告宣传活动。

continent /ˈkɒn.tɪ.nənt/ 表示“洲，大洲，大陆”，英文解释为“one of the seven large land masses on the earth's surface, surrounded, or mainly surrounded, by sea and usually consisting of various countries”如：the North American continent 北美大陆。

travails /ˈtræv.eɪlz/ 表示“艰难困苦，艰辛，煎熬”，英文解释为“the difficulties that are experienced as part of a particular situation”举个🌰：The book chronicles the travails of a rural family. 这本书记录了一户农村人家的艰辛。

BYD edged out Tesla by fewer than 100 vehicles, according to data for 28 European countries released on Thursday by JATO Dynamics, a research firm. BYD sold 7,231 fully battery-powered cars in Europe last month, versus Tesla's 7,165.

根据研究公司JATO Dynamics周四发布的28个欧洲国家的数据，比亚迪以不到100辆车的优势击败了特斯拉。上个月，比亚迪在欧洲销售了7231辆全电池驱动汽车，特斯拉的销量为7165辆。

edge sb/sth out (of sth) 1）表示“逐渐将…排挤出”，英文解释为“to move sb from their position or job gradually, especially when they are not fully aware of what is happening”举个🌰：She was edged out of the company by the new director. 新上任的经理一步步把她排挤出了公司。

2）表示“险胜；勉强击败”，英文解释为“to defeat or do better than someone or something else by a small amount”

Despite the small margin, it is “a watershed moment for Europe's car market,” Felipe Munoz, an analyst at JATO, said in a statement. European car buyers appear willing to embrace Chinese electric cars, which remain cheaper than locally made alternatives despite tariffs imposed by the European Union last year aimed at protecting domestic producers.

尽管差距很小，但这是“欧洲汽车市场的一个分水岭”，JATO分析师费利佩·穆尼奥斯在一份声明中表示。欧洲购车者似乎愿意接受中国电动汽车，尽管欧盟去年为保护国内生产商而征收关税，但中国电动汽车仍比当地生产的替代品便宜。

margin /ˈmɑː.dʒɪn/ 1）表示“差数，差额”，英文解释为“the amount by which one thing is different from another”

2）表示“利润”，英文解释为“the profit made on a product or service”举个🌰：Our increased profits are due to improved margins and successful cost control. 我们盈利上涨，是因为改善了利润并成功地控制了开支。

watershed /ˈwɔː.tə.ʃed/ 1）表示“（标志重大变化的）转折点，分界线，分水岭”，英文解释为“an event or period that is important because it represents a big change in how people do or think about something”举个🌰：The year 2025 was a watershed in her life. 2025年是她人生的一个转折点。

2）表示“分水岭，分水界”，英文解释为“an area of high ground from which water flows down to a river”

tariff /ˈtærɪf/ 表示“关税”，英文解释为“A tariff is a tax that a government collects on goods coming into a country.”

impose /ɪmˈpəʊz/ 1）表示“推行；强制实行”，英文解释为“to officially force a rule, tax, punishment, etc. to be obeyed or received”举个🌰：Very high taxes have recently been imposed on cigarettes. 最近对香烟开征很高的税。

📍《经济学人》（The Economist）一篇分析拜登贸易政策的文章中提到：The other matter is what Mr Biden will do with the tariffs imposed by Mr Trump. 另一件事是拜登将如何处理特朗普实施的关税。

2）表示“把（尤指信仰或生活方式）强加于”，英文解释为“to force someone to accept something, especially a belief or way of living”举个🌰：I don't want them to impose their religious beliefs on my children. 我不希望他们把自己的宗教信仰强加给我的孩子们。

3）表示“勉强；打扰，麻烦”，英文解释为“to expect someone to do something for you or spend time with you when they do not want to or when it is not convenient for them”举个🌰：She's always imposing on people - asking favours and getting everyone to do things for her. 她总是强人所难——要人帮忙做这做那。

BYD's battery-powered car sales jumped nearly 170 percent in April, versus the same month last year. That far surpassed the pace of sales for all electric cars, which grew 17 percent over that period.

与去年同期相比，比亚迪4月份的电动汽车销量跃升了近170%。这远远超过了所有电动汽车的销售速度，后者同期增长了17%。

versus /ˈvɜːsəs/ 经常看到缩写vs，vs.或者是单单一个v，就是指的versus，表示“（比较两种不同想法、选择等）与…相对，与…相比”，英文解释为“used to compare two different ideas, choices, etc.”如：private education versus state education 私立教育与公共教育相比，举个🌰：It is France versus Brazil in the final. 决赛是法国队对巴西队。

surpass /səˈpɑːs/ 表示“超过，优于，胜过”，英文解释为“to do or be better than”举个🌰：His time for the 100 metres surpassed the previous world record by one hundredth of a second. 他以0.01秒的优势打破了100米短跑的前世界纪录。

At the same time, Europeans are shunning Tesla, which for years was the most popular brand of electric cars in Europe. Its sales plunged 49 percent year over year in April, dropping Tesla to 11th in the rankings for the month. In the first quarter of the year, it ranked second in electric vehicle sales, behind Germany's Volkswagen.

与此同时，欧洲人正在冷落多年来一直是欧洲最受欢迎电动汽车品牌的特斯拉。今年4月，特斯拉的销量同比下降了49%，当月排名降至第11位。今年第一季度，它在电动汽车销量上排名第二，仅次于德国大众。

shun /ʃʌn/ 表示“有意回避；避开；避免”，英文解释为“If you shun someone or something, you deliberately avoid them or keep away from them.”举个🌰： From that time forward everybody shunned him. 从那时起，人人都有意回避他。

🎬电影《简·爱》（Jane Eyre）中的台词提到：Children, I exhort you to shun her, exclude her, shut her out from this day forth. 孩子们，奉劝你们离她远点，排斥她，从今天起与她隔绝。

plunge /plʌndʒ/ 可以作动词，也可以作名词，1）表示“使突然前冲（或下落）”，英文解释为“to move or make sb/sth move suddenly forwards and/or downwards”举个🌰：She lost her balance and plunged 100 feet to her death.她没有站稳，从100英尺的高处跌下摔死了。

2）表示“骤降”，英文解释为“If an amount or rate plunges, it decreases quickly and suddenly.”举个🌰：His weight began to plunge.（动词）他的体重开始骤然下降。Japan's banks are in trouble because of bad loans and the stock market plunge.（名词）日本各家银行处于困境，缘于不良贷款以及股市的暴跌。

📍2020年4月瑞幸咖啡怎么了？文中就提到了CNN的标题China's Luckin Coffee plunges 75% on accounting probe用的是plunge一词，表示股价暴跌。

3）plunge (sb/sth) into sth表示“（使）陷入；（使）经历”，英文解释为“to suddenly experience a bad situation or unhappiness, or to make someone or something suddenly experience a bad situation or unhappiness”举个🌰：He was plunged into despair when his wife left him. 他妻子离开他时，他一下子陷入绝望之中。

📍类似的表达「暴跌」的词有：plummet，tank，sink，slump，...

📍slump表示“（价值等）暴跌”，英文解释为“If something such as the value of something slumps, it falls suddenly and by a large amount.”举个🌰：Net profits slumped by 25%. 净利润暴跌了25%。

📍plummet /ˈplʌmɪt/ 表示“（数量、比率、价格）暴跌”，英文解释为“If an amount, rate, or price plummets, it decreases quickly by a large amount.”举个🌰：Her spirits plummeted at the thought of meeting him again. 一想到又要见到他，她的心情便直往下沉。

📍tank，熟词僻义，作名词是坦克的意思，作动词有“表现得很糟糕，快速减少，衰落，下跌”的含义，英文解释为“If something such as a stock price or a movie tanks, it performs very badly, for example because it loses a lot of money.”举个🌰：Tech stocks have tanked. 科技股票暴跌了。

In Europe, Tesla's cars first became available in Norway in 2014. It began production at a factory outside Berlin in 2022 — the same year that BYD started selling cars in Norway and the Netherlands.

在欧洲，特斯拉汽车于2014年首次在挪威上市。2022年，公司在柏林郊外的一家工厂开始生产，同年比亚迪开始在挪威和荷兰销售汽车。

The Chinese automaker is building a factory in Hungary, as well as one in Turkey, which can export cars to the European Union without having to pay tariffs. This week, BYD announced that it would establish its European headquarters in Hungary, which it said would create 2,000 jobs, including in research and development.

这家中国汽车制造商正在匈牙利和土耳其各建设一家工厂，可以向欧盟出口汽车而不必支付关税。本周，比亚迪宣布将在匈牙利设立欧洲总部，并表示将创造包括研发在内的2000个工作岗位。

Over the past year, BYD has expanded rapidly throughout Europe. If its plug-in hybrid models are also included, it increased sales by well over 300 percent in April, compared with the previous year. By this measure, it also outsold established European brands like Fiat, Dacia and Seat in some big European countries.

在过去的一年里，比亚迪在整个欧洲迅速扩张。如果将插电式混合动力车型也算在内，其4月的销量同比增长了300%以上。按照这个标准，它在一些欧洲大国的销量也超过了菲亚特、达契亚和西雅特等老牌欧洲品牌。

plug-in hybrid /plʌɡˌɪn ˈhaɪ.brɪd/ 表示“插电式混合动力车”，英文解释为“a vehicle that has both a petrol engine and one or more electric motors that can be charged (= filled with electricity) from the electricity supply of a house or public charging point”举个🌰：A plug-in hybrid can lower emissions of carbon dioxide and smog-causing gases. 插电式混合动力车可以降低二氧化碳和致雾霾气体的排放量。

Volkswagen, which has struggled for years to compete against Chinese automakers as well as Tesla, topped the list of electric car sales in April, with more than 23,500 new registrations, up roughly 60 percent.

大众汽车多年来一直在努力与中国汽车制造商和特斯拉竞争，该公司在4月份的电动汽车销量排行榜上名列榜首，新注册的汽车数量超过2.35万辆，增长了约60%。

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