2007年7月12日 星期四

avid, newswire

Sony and Microsoft outlined plans to boost videogame-console sales by courting avid players.

Sony and Microsoft 都針對發燒友擬定提升其電玩機的銷售計畫大綱。



newswire 竟然沒收入Shorter O.E.D.
猜它可能是NEWS 加 WIRE(口語:(打)電報),有快遞新聞的意思。


news•wire
n.
A wire service that transmits up-to-the-minute news, usually electronically, to the media and often the public.
(The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)


例:CNN等公司有所謂PR Newswire 等公關新聞快遞..

Definition
avid
adjective
extremely eager or interested:
an avid football fan
an avid supporter of the arts
He took an avid interest in the project.

FORMAL She hadn't seen him for six months and was avid for news.

avidly
adverb
She reads avidly.
We avidly awaited news of him.

avidity
noun [U] FORMAL

(from Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary)

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Some executives comfortable in the online world questioned the wisdom of Mr. Mackey's actions. "It's a huge mistake for a CEO of a public company to post under an undisclosed handle," says Mark Cuban, the billionaire majority owner of professional basketball's Dallas Mavericks, president of HDNet and an avid blogger himself.