福克斯新闻 美国运通处境艰难

It was an 80's tagline so famous-even the Muppets got in on it…

这是一句80年代流传至街头巷尾妇孺皆知的口号…

“The American Express card.Don't leave home without it!”

“美国运通卡。出门带上它!”

Now consumers are struggling to find a reason to take it with them.

而现在的消费者们却难以找到一个带着它的理由。

Retailers¹ like Costco and airlines that granted special access to cardholders are steadily² defecting to other credit card companies.

像是Costco等赋予持卡人特殊权利的零售商及各个航空公司正逐渐将目光投向其他信用卡公司。

Competition is the main reason.

竞争是主要原因。

Visa and CitiGroup are more aggressively pursuing AmEx clients.

Visa和花旗集团正更广泛地挖掘美国运通客户。

A legal setback³ in an anti-trust suit could also open the door for merchants to choose a preferred credit card company.

而在反垄断诉讼案中经受的法律挫折也为商家选择首选信用卡公司敞开了大门。

American Express is appealing.

美国运通正在寻求上诉。

A loss there could mean a revenue hit by lowering card processing fees in an effort to keep customers.

而通过降低信用卡处理费用维持顾客可能意味着收入蒙受相当的损失。

1 retailers   

零售商，零售店( retailer的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• High street retailers reported a marked increase in sales before Christmas. 商业街的零售商报告说圣诞节前销售量显著提高。
• Retailers have a statutory duty to provide goods suitable for their purpose. 零售商有为他们提供符合要求的货品的法定义务。

2 steadily   

adv.稳定地；不变地；持续地

参考例句：

• The scope of man's use of natural resources will steadily grow.人类利用自然资源的广度将日益扩大。
• Our educational reform was steadily led onto the correct path.我们的教学改革慢慢上轨道了。

3 setback   

n.退步，挫折，挫败

参考例句：

• Since that time there has never been any setback in his career.从那时起他在事业上一直没有遇到周折。
• She views every minor setback as a disaster.她把每个较小的挫折都看成重大灾难。