Tencent scores with domination of mobile gaming
[score] v. to succeed; to have an advantage
score sth E.g. The army continued to score successes in the south.
@succeed
Tencent boosted its profits 58 per cent year on year in the first quarter as China’s biggest technology company ramped up advertising revenues and continued to dominate the mobile gaming market.
[boost its profits] 利润增长
[year on year] 与去年同期相比，同比
[year after year] if something happens year after year, it happens regularly every year.年复一年
E.g. Regulars return year after year.常客年年都来。
[year by year] if something changes year by year, it changes gradually each yaar.一年一年地
E.g. This problem has increased year by year.这个问题一年年的加重。
[ramp] n. ①斜坡，坡道。②a road used for driving onto or off a major road such as a motorway or interstate.（进出高速公路等的）支路，匝道。
[ramp up] 上升，增加，提高
Eg. Announcement of the merger is expected to ramp up share prices over the next few days.
预计公司合并的消息发布后，接下来的几天里股票价格会上扬。
Revenues rose 55 per cent year on year to Rmb49.55bn ($7.2bn), outperforming analysts’ consensus estimates of Rmb43.86bn gathered by Thomson Reuters, with profits climbing to Rmb14.48bn.
[consensus] 共识
[outperform] to do well in a particular job or activity compared to others of a similar type 超过，胜过；比……做得好
Eg. The Peugeot engine has consistently outperformed its rivals this season.
这一季，标致汽车引擎的表现一直优于竞争对手。
[背]：增长变化描写
Tencent also said it had doubled its mobile payment users last year to 600m monthly active users —upstaging Alibaba’s payment affiliate Ant Financial, which announced a doubling of daily active users on the same day.
[upstage] v. if someone upstages you, they draw attention away from you by being more attractive or interesting. 使……相形见绌，抢……风头
without the cap of
ceiling
其他
[deploy] v. to move soldiers or weapons into a position where they are ready for military action.部署
E.g. At least 5000 missiles were deployed along the border.
[deploy sth] to use sth effectively 利用 @use
E.g. to deploy resources
Eg. My job doesn't really allow me fully to deploy my skills/talents.
我在工作中并不能真正发挥技能/才能。
[utility] n.①a service proviede for the public, for example an electricity, water or gas supply. ②the quality of being useful. SYNONYM: usefulness
e.g. the administration of public utilities.(公共事业）
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