熱詞手帳（No. 1405）
我們從英國《金融時報》近期熱點報道中挑選值得記憶的高頻單詞和短語，配合釋義與新聞原文例句，幫助你輕鬆掌握地道實用的英文表達，在不斷積累中感受英語能力的進步與提高。
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acoustic
/əˈkuːstɪk/
adj. 聲音的；音響的；聽覺的；
原聲的；自然聲的
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Goertek, which is one of the largest acoustic components companies in China, did not name the client or the product involved. It warned that the suspension could cost as much as Rmb3.3bn ($456mn) of revenue this year.
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avenue
/ˈævənjuː/
n. （城鎮的）大街；
林蔭道（尤指通往大住宅者）；
選擇；途徑；手段
They come after media reports last month that US officials were debating whether they had any legal avenue to review Musk’s activities, including the Twitter deal and SpaceX’s Starlink terminals, on national security grounds. The White House denied those reports were true.
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retrenchment
/rɪ'trentʃmənt/
n.（因勞動力過剩而造成的）裁員，解僱
The tech boom has receded to little more than an echo of late. Falling stock prices, an abrupt downturn in digital advertising and fears of a recession have sparked waves of job cuts across the sector. Meta has laid off more than 11,000 employees, or 13 per cent of its workforce, in the latest example of the painful retrenchment.
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