FLOP 徹底失敗

字彙

a flop

beefed-up

earn the respect

respect that eluded its predecessor

文句

Microsoft's original Surface with Windows RT earned high praise for its design, but it was a flop in the marketplace. One year later, Microsoft is back with a beefed-up Surface 2. Can this year's model earn the respect that eluded its predecessor?

解釋

a flop 徹底的失敗；慘敗

beefed-up 改進的

earn the respect 贏得尊敬；得到聲望

respect that eluded its predecessor  前者（指的是前一版）沒能贏得的尊敬。這裡的 "elude" 不應理解成 "規避；逃避"；應視為 "無法被理解、無法被得到"，帶有被動的意思，例如：

The concept of this model eluded most people. 這模型概念無法被大部分的人理解。

Sleep still eluded me. 我仍無法入睡。＝ 睡眠仍從我身上溜走。