ON THE HUNT 尋找

字彙

ever since
folks
on the hunt 
elusive
give a leg up
cut to zero the price of
mind you
a less feature-rich version


文句

Two years ago this month, a report on The Daily claimed Microsoft had built a version of Office for the iPad and was demonstrating it privately. Ever since, folks have been on the hunt for the elusive Office for iPad...

Along with other Microsoft watchers, I've been wondering whether Microsoft was simply sitting on Office for iPad, delaying it to give its own Surface tablets a leg up. A year ago, Microsoft's ARM-based Surface RT shipped with Office RT bundled for free, and this October, the ARM-based Surface 2 shipped with Office RT plus Outlook RT, bundled for free.

But now that Apple's cut to zero the price of iWork (not the original, mind you, but a less feature-rich version), what's Microsoft waiting for?

解釋

ever since  從那時起

folks  人們（為集合名詞，當複數用）。

on the hunt  尋找，源自"獵捕"的意思。

elusive  捉摸不定

give ~ a leg up  幫助某人某事，讓他/它更加成功。

cut to zero the price of iWork  蘋果系統上的 iWork (如同 Windows 的 Office) 已經免費提供使用者。如上文所說：免費版是指新版，不包括舊版！

mind you  提醒你

a less feature-rich version  功能沒這麼多的版本