RADIO SILENCE 無聲無息

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CXO
a passing hobby

initial cloud infrastructure

radio silence

文句

And why wouldn't a CXO wonder if Google's plan to challenge Amazon Web Services was a passing hobby?Almost a year ago, Google launched its initial cloud infrastructure efforts. The plan sounded pretty strong in May 2013. Then there was nothing, but radio silence.

解釋

CXO  指的是企業執行、決策層級的人物。現在常被稱為 "C-level" 的階層，也就是職稱以 "Chief" (「長、主任」) 為首，以 "Officer" (「高級主管」) 結尾的階層。

a passing hobby  一時、瞬間的興趣

initial cloud infrastructure  初期的雲端基礎結構和設施

radio silence  以前收聽無線廣播電台，有時會因為技術上或其它不明的原因，放送中的節目會突然中斷，訊號消失，呈現無聲無息的狀態。這裡指Google 一年前宣稱要發展雲端架構，與亞馬遜一較高低，結果之後卻無聲無息，毫無作為。

NON-DENIAL DENIAL 不想拒絕的拒絕

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rumor mill
abuzz
speculation
pressure
be in the running 
outgoing
non-denial denial
a definitive statement


文句

The rumor mills are abuzz with renewed speculation on who Microsoft's next CEO will be this week.

Reuters is reporting that the Ford board of directors, meeting on December 12, will pressure CEO Alan Mulally -- if he shows up, that is -- to answer directly whether or not he's in the running to replace outgoing Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer. Mulally's handlers have been in non-denial denial mode.

The Ford board allegedly want a more definitive statement...

解釋

rumor mill  謠言工廠

be abuzz  沸沸揚揚

speculation 猜測

pressure 施壓

be in the running  競選 

outgoing 出走的

non-denial denial  一法律用詞，字面上是 "不想拒絕的拒絕"，只為了營造否定印象的肯定答覆。換句話說：主角 Alan Mulally 確實有意競選微軟的總裁，套句台語便是：餓鬼假客氣（嘴饞想吃卻連聲拒絕裝出客氣）。

a definitive statement  確切的答覆

CROW ABOUT 吹噓

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to crow about

delivery cadence

to roll out

文句

Just a year ago, Microsoft officials were crowing about Windows' much improved delivery cadence. Instead of rolling out a new version of Windows once every 2.5 to three years, the team was now on something closer to an annual rollout schedule.


解釋

to crow about  吹噓

delivery cadence  "cadence" 本來指的是「節奏」或「韻律」。這裡應該是指的生產或推出的「頻率」；因此，文句的最後提到：小組的進度已經接近了每年都會出陳推新的時間表。

to roll out 推出；公開展出