REPORTEDLY 據說

字彙

reportedly

narrow

CEO

short list

far from perfect

navigate


文句

Microsoft has reportedly narrowed its CEO short list to about five people and all of them are far from perfect and it's unclear how they'll navigate the company.

解釋

reportedly  據說。

narrow  縮小。這裡當動詞用。有趣的是，當 large, wide, short, long, flat 這些形容詞變成動詞時，字的前或後，都會加上 "en"。也就是說，會加上前綴 "en-" 或後綴 "-en": large - enlarge; wide - widen; short - shorten; long - lengthen; flat - flatten。而 narrow 卻什麼都不用加，就可以直接當動詞使用。

CEO  總裁，企業中最高的行政負責人。Chief Executive Officer 的縮寫。

short list  候選人名單。

far from perfect  遠遠不及完美，也就是很不怎樣或是蠻糟糕的。

navigate  本是駕駛船隻或飛機，在此指帶領/領導公司。