China’s bustling digital economy has spawned thousands of startups. Yet in the eyes of many it remains 「BAT or bust」, to cite a saying among jobseekers from the country’s elite universities. The bat in question refers to the original trio of Chinese internet stars: Baidu, a search engine; Alibaba, an online emporium; and Tencent, a mobile-payments and video-game titan. The acronym is overdue an update.
Bustle v.
to do things in a hurried and busy way
匆忙做；忙碌
Thora bustled around the house, getting everything ready.
託拉在公寓裡忙著把所有東西都準備好。
Spawn v.
to cause something new, or many new things, to grow or start suddenly
（使）產生，（使）突然增長
The new economic freedom has spawned hundreds of new small businesses.
新的經濟自由催生了上百家新的小企業。
Her death spawned countless films and books.
她的去世催生了無數電影和書籍。
Start-up n.
a small business that has just been started
剛起步的小企業，新興小型企業
Start-ups are very vulnerable in the business world.
商界中剛起步的小企業非常脆弱。
*「BAT or bust」: 要麼進入BAT這三家大公司，要不然就不要做了。
Bust v.
to break something
擊碎；打破；弄壞
Oh no! I bust his MP3 player.
噢，不好！我弄壞了他的MP3播放機。
(bust做名詞表示半身像)
Jobseeker n.
someone who is trying to find a job
求職者
(這個詞比較好記，就是字面意思；其實英文中的造詞也很有趣，把詞拼到一起就是一個新詞了)
Elite n.
the richest, most powerful, best-educated, or best-trained group in a society
（社會）上層集團；掌權人物；出類拔萃的人，精英
the country's educated elite
這個國家受過良好教育的精英
A powerful and corrupt elite has bled this country dry.
該國專權腐敗的權貴階層榨乾了人民的血汗。
Trio n.
a group of three people or things
三人一組；三件套；三合一
There was disappointment for the trio of 200 metre runners, all of whom failed to reach the final.
我們參加200米跑的3位選手都很令人失望，沒有一個人進入決賽。
(tri-這個前綴就是和三有關的，比如triangle)
Emporium n.
a large shop that sells many different types of goods, or a shop that sells a particular type of goods
大百貨商場；專賣店
an ice cream/antiques emporium
冰激凌／古玩店
Titan n.
a person who is very important, powerful, strong, big, clever, etc.
泰鬥；巨人
an intellectual titan
學界泰鬥
The final will be a clash of the (= a hard struggle and competition between) titans.
決賽將會是一場龍虎鬥。
The soft drink titans are struggling for control of the market.
軟飲料巨擘正在爭奪市場的控制權。
(我們熟悉的titanic就是titan的形容詞形式)
*acronym 首字母縮略詞
Overdue adj.
not done or happening when expected or when needed; late
過期的；延誤的；遲的
Changes to the tax system are long overdue.
稅收制度早該改革了。
She feels she's overdue for promotion.
她覺得她早該被提升了。
Update n.
an act of updating something or someone with new information
新信息，新情況；更新
Jo's just doing an update on the mailing list.
喬正在更新郵寄名單。
I'll need regular updates on your progress.
我要定期了解你的最新進展。