2007年8月28日 星期二

wording, turf (AREA), the No. 3 spot

SPOT是可以細分為十來種用法
我們舉諸如Acer 躋身個人電腦第三大之用法
A position or an item in an ordered arrangement.


WSJ例:

The deal, announced Monday, will put Taiwan-based Acer firmly in the No. 3 spot in global PC market share by unit shipments, supplanting Lenovo Group Ltd., which itself vaulted into the global top tier two years ago by purchasing the PC operations of International Business Machines Corp.

Taiwan-based Acer 另外用法為 Taiwan's Acer

Mr. Mueller will be faced with fierce competition from cable companies that are increasingly encroaching on the company's home turf of Denver and other key markets such as Seattle and Portland, Ore., with competitively priced phone, Internet and video services.

2. What used to be your exclusive turf will be identified as parts of turf-spanning processes; your budget authority may be usurped by new "Process Owner."
TURF 是畫地盤 變成自己統治的王國
不過SIX SIGMA等是以PEOCESS來看事 它把兩TURFS連接 像兩高壓電線之間連起
這是預算或績效等以整 PROCESS為之

言詞表述方式(wording)下手解套:北京奧組委提出最新說法,指境外傳遞經過「五大洲廿二個城市」,台北是廿二個境外城市之一,據決策官員透露,這已宣告雙方的談判底定。

worded 
adjective
carefully/strongly worded statement

wording 
noun [U]
the choice and meaning of the words used when you say or write something:
Norman agreed that the wording of the advertisement was unnecessarily offensive and it was changed.
We don't yet know the exact/precise wording of the agreement.







turf (AREA)
noun [U]
1 INFORMAL a subject in which a person or group has a lot of knowledge or influence:
Antiques are very much her turf.

2 MAINLY US INFORMAL the area which a group considers its own:
Judges feel that the courtroom is their private turf.

The gymnastics team won the championship on home turf.



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