Business: Chinese internet firms Clubbing together
The merger of Meituan and Dianping could herald a bigger consolidation.
地道表达
[club] vi.unite with a common purpose;联合,集中；
• Chinese internet firms Clubbing together
eg.All the students have clubbed.
所有的学生都集中了起来。
club作及物动词，有凑钱；用棍棒打；泡夜总会的意思
[flop in] flop n&vt. fail utterly,collapse;fall suddenly and abruptly
• Groupon has flopped in China, just as many other Western internet firms have done.[搭配：flop into]
注：多用名词形式，此处用了动词形式，生动形象。
eg.Despite all the publicity, her latest novel was a complete flop.
她的最新小说尽管广为宣传，结果还是彻底失败。
quashput down by force or intimidation;平息；镇压；(撤销)
• It will quash competition on one front of a costly proxy war now being fought by China’s big three internet firms—Alibaba, Baidu and Tencent.
eg.The army was called in to quash the revolt.
军队被调来镇压叛乱。
eg.The applicant sought judicial review to quash the order.
申请人寻求司法复审以撤消命令。
[escalation]an increase to counteract a perceived discrepancy;逐步扩大、扩张
• The deal marks anescalation in what seems to be an effort by Alibaba and Tencent to squeeze out Baidu and turn the Chinese internet’s big three into a big two.
eg.Using lock escalation reduces system overhead.
利用锁升级可以减少系统开销。(引申：升级)
eg,Try to prevent an escalation of the war.
竭力防止战争扩大。
[vigilant]carefully observant or attentive; on the lookout for possible danger;警戒警惕的
• But China’s antitrust authorities, which have been soft on local internet firms, ought nonetheless to be vigilant.
eg.We must keep an vigilant eye upon imperialism.
我们必须对帝国主义保持警戒。
其他表达
Fall out of fashion 不再流行
Squeeze out 挤出（squeezed／squeeze sb out）
Herald a boarder consolidation 预示着建立更广泛的合作
be soft on 对待...态度温和；软弱无力
ought nonetheless to do sth= adv.nontheless ought to
专业术语
Group buying 团购
Analysys International-易观国际
易观国际成立于2000年，是中国科技及互联网行业最大的[信息产品]、[服务和解决方案提供商和解决方案提供商提供包括订阅制的EnfoDesk资讯平台和EnfoGrowth专项咨询在内的信息产品，服务及解决方案，借助EnfoShare的展览展示和人脉平台，进一步加强创新者与行业用户、政府机构、投资机构间的沟通与合作机会获得。
参考:http://wiki.mbalib.com/wiki/易观国际
Groupon-高朋网；2008年11月的团购网站。独特之处在于：每天只推一款折扣产品、每人每天限拍一次、折扣品一定是服务类型的、服务有地域性、线下销售团队规模远超线上团队。
参考：http://baike.baidu.com/link?url=SZ6b3AknD1ZSaqcxgUp3riM0c19NbmUXS0I88CkboQ-TCyFX078pPbKH6EluBM_zSWgjQFqtR8CNa_JTFUfRUfv86zlQF6WUGpQDmVqEie_
Proxy war
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