「每日英文閱讀分享#010」​
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今天的文章：Abandoning Globalization Will Only Hurt U.S. Businesses，標題已經完全道盡作者的想法，但是他舉出了四點，為什麼deglobalization對於美國是有害的，一樣會把連結附在下面喔！​
（再度預告，本週會整理跟international business相關的報導一起做講解，希望可以也跟大家有些討論～）​
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回到今天的單字，​
「decouple」分享的原因，是因為用拆解的方法來看，這個字就是「不當情侶了」感覺很可愛（還是很悲傷？），卻是一個正式的商業用字。​
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動詞意思是：to ​ separate ​ two or more things or ​ activities, or to ​ become ​ separated，​
當作名詞時會變成「decoupling」意思為：a situation in which two or more activities are separated, or do not develop in the same way
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常用的動詞用法為：decouple (sth) from sth ​
例句：Europe and Japan might decouple from the United States by growing on their own, but right now they're dependent.​ --Cambridge Dictionary
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再給大家一個用於國家的例句給大家看看：Tractors that haul Mexican-made goods to American consumers must decouple from their trailers on the Mexican side.​ --Cambridge Dictionary
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或是用在公司之間：Zhang also began trying to decouple the company’s technology from China, and has pointed out that all the data on U.S. TikTok users is stored in the United States and backed up in Singapore. — Washington Post, "TikTok’s fate was shaped by a ‘knockdown, drag-out’ Oval Office brawl," 8 Aug. 2020​
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就是沒有用於分手的用法（期望落空中ＸＤ）​
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最後還是正經一點附上原文的例句：​
1. Coming on the heels of the trade war and Washington’s push to de-couple economically from China, this has brought widespread predictions of deglobalization.​
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2. They know that deglobalization of supply chains and de-coupling from China will actually reduce their ability to produce in the U.S. and compete with Chinese companies in the long run. ​
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歡迎大家與我一起養成閱讀（或發文）習慣～～

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#Globalization ​
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#一起來建立英文閱讀習慣吧

「每日英文閱讀分享#002」

【compound】

當一個字同時擁有好幾個詞性與意思的時候，就值得我們多看一眼！
最準確的方式就是查字典，體會每一個單字的用法

compound可以當名詞、形容詞、動詞
（發音也不同：動詞重音在後，名詞重音在前）

n. 混合物、複合字
a. 複合的、合成的
vt.
1. to mix sth together
2. to make greater or worse
3. to be formed from sth (此時用法為：be compounded of/from )

那大家可以猜猜看此時的compound是什麼詞性與意思！

例句：The World Health Organization’s (WHO’s) Increasing Vaccination Model acknowledges that people’s thoughts and feelings about vaccines — including their perceived risk, worry, confidence, trust, and safety concerns — can reduce their motivation to get vaccinated, compounding the practical issues and challenges to expanding access to and uptake of the services that provide them.

ps. 如果你也想跟我一起培養每日閱讀習慣，可以在下面留言用這個單字造個句子，我就會把整篇筆記傳給你喔！

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#商業英文
#Economics
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#每日英文閱讀分享
#一起來建立英文閱讀習慣吧

💁🏻‍♂️ 當您已經背到較抽象，且不易記住單字的意思時，不妨可以用概念符號去記單字，請記住，這些單字並非同義字，但是概念都是相同的，先了解其概念後，再記熟意思，便會更有效率喔！

✔️ 背單字步驟
用符號歸類單字→查例句猜意思→再看中文意思→自行造句

🧩 例句：
Travel "increases" one's knowledge of the world.

🧩 你的理解會是：
Travel "↑" one's knowledge of the world.

🧩 你的猜想會是：
旅遊"增加"知識。

🧩 你查字典後得到的答案是：
increase 增強; 增大; 增加; 提高

🧩 自己試著造句：
They have increased(↑) the price($) of petrol(⛽️ ).

⬆️ 關於「↑」概念字
． increase 增加
． expand 擴張
． extend 延伸
． broaden 變寬
． elongate 拉長
． magnify 放大
． intensify 強化
． amplify 增強
． augment 擴大

⬇️ 關於「↓」概念字
． reduce 減少
． decrease 減少
． decline 下降
． subtract 減去
． deduct 扣除
． shorten 縮短
． weaken 弱化
． lessen 減輕
． diminish 減少
． shrink 縮水
． dilute 稀釋
． impair 削弱