It was a Friday morning, 7:30a.m. I felt too lazy to drive my car, so my son booked an uber. In five minutes, the uber reached at the entrance gate, waiting for my arrival. I just saw the cab number and entered inside the car. I was so busy that I di

发表于:2018-11-29 / 阅读(106) / 评论(0) 分类 英语美文

Uber's board will seek an experienced boss, perhaps a woman. 当下,董事会正在寻找一位成熟老练的总裁,众人猜测是一位女性。 He or she will need experience running a multinational. 这位总裁将要担负起运营一家大型

发表于:2018-12-05 / 阅读(29) / 评论(0) 分类 经济学人商业系列

Economists have always been fond of Uber. Its willingness to battle incumbents, use of technology to match buyers and sellers, 经济学家一直都钟爱优步。优步乐意与在位者竞争、利用科技将买家和卖家进行匹配, and embr

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Uber has hired a former Nasa engineer to help it to research flying cars. 优步(Uber)聘请了美国国家航空航天局(NASA)一名前工程师来协助研究飞行汽车。 After more than 30 years at the US space agency, Mark Moore is joining Ub

发表于:2019-01-17 / 阅读(24) / 评论(0) 分类 英语新闻

Didi Kuaidi, the Chinese ride-hailing app, has become an investor in its Indian counterpart Ola raising the stakes as Uber tries to gain a greater toehold in Asia. 中国叫车应用滴滴快的(Didi Kuaidi)已成为印度叫车应用Ola的投资者,

发表于:2019-02-01 / 阅读(63) / 评论(0) 分类 阅读空间

I agree that language learning is cool, but I challenge the assumption that its difficult. 我认同语言学习很酷,但我不认同语言学习不容易这一说法。 Languages cannot be taught, they can only be learned. Having someone or somet

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Ride service Uber, which enables users to instantly hail a taxi ride using their smartphone, will allow customers to book trips days or weeks in advance in London, the first European city to get the option. 让用户通过智能手机就能立刻打到

发表于:2019-02-05 / 阅读(51) / 评论(0) 分类 英语新闻

The growth in smartphone transport services is encouraging firms to build international partnerships. 智能手机交通服务的进步正在刺激着相关企业建立国际合作关系。 Taxi-hailing service Uber and China's e-commerce giant Aliba

发表于:2019-02-05 / 阅读(37) / 评论(0) 分类 英语新闻

Uber has agreed to sell its Chinese operations to rival Didi Chuxing, throwing in the towel on its costly battle for the Chinese ride-hailing market. 优步(Uber)已同意将旗下中国业务出售给竞争对手滴滴出行(Didi Chuxing),在争夺中

发表于:2019-02-05 / 阅读(52) / 评论(0) 分类 英语新闻

Two years ago, a fateful meeting between Cheng Wei, who today is chairman of Chinas car-hailing hegemon Didi Chuxing, and Travis Kalanick, chief executive of San Francisco-based Uber, set the tone for a rivalry that would shake Chinas internet indust

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Ubers costly battle for the Chinese ride-sharing market helped drive losses of $1.3bn during the first half of 2016, making the San Francisco-based company one of the most deeply lossmaking in Silicon Valley. 优步(Uber)为争夺中国叫车市场而进

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Uber has upended the transportation industry in the span of a few years. But the ride-hailing company has been losing a lot of money while doing so. 优步(Uber)在短短几年内颠覆了运输业。但这样做的同时,这家召车公司一直在大

发表于:2019-02-05 / 阅读(49) / 评论(0) 分类 英语新闻

Uber is making a broad international push into meal delivery, with fresh hiring and aggressive marketing as it prepares to take on local rivals in dozens of countries and regions. 优步的外卖行业正在向广阔的国际市场进军。拥有新聘

发表于:2019-02-05 / 阅读(32) / 评论(0) 分类 英语新闻

Uber has said claims it used self-driving technology stolen from Google were demonstrably false. 优步日前宣称,该公司所使用的自驾技术绝不是从谷歌窃取来的。 Waymo - a company spun out of Google - filed a lawsuit in Februar

发表于:2019-02-05 / 阅读(42) / 评论(0) 分类 英语新闻

Developing its own maps enables Uber to offer more precise estimates for pickups and drop-offs to users and better routes for driversimprovements which are particularly important for carpooling and for autonomous vehicles. 通过开发自己的地图系

发表于:2019-02-17 / 阅读(30) / 评论(0) 分类 经济学人财经系列

Competition at home and abroad will affect Uber's profit margins in the medium term. 在发展中期,优步的利润率会受到来自国内外竞争的影响。 Thibaud Simphal, the boss of Uber's French operations, admits that ride-hailing could

发表于:2019-02-17 / 阅读(29) / 评论(0) 分类 经济学人财经系列

Two of today's digital giants provide a useful guide to Uber's position and plans. 当下,两大科技巨头可以在市场定位和发展计划方面为优步提供借鉴之处。 Its executives never have Amazon far from their minds as they plot

发表于:2019-02-17 / 阅读(28) / 评论(0) 分类 经济学人财经系列

Briefing: Uber: From zero to seventy (billion) 简报:优步:从0到70(十亿) The accelerated life and times of the world's most valuable startup. 加快的生活步伐以及全球最具价值创业公司。 Several of America's great indust

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Burning cash has become alarmingly fashionable among Chinese internet companies, many of whom have taken to paying customers massive subsidies to use their services in hopes that their competitors go out of business before they run out of money. 中国

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Business 商业 Uber: Gear change 优步:换挡 A new era begins at Uber as Travis Kalanick steps down. 随着拉维斯卡兰尼克(Travis Kalanick)辞去Uber首席执行官一职,优步进入新时代。 We have a lot of attention as it is.

发表于:2019-03-17 / 阅读(391) / 评论(0) 分类 经济学人商业系列