夏说英语新闻晨读 第147期:吉利汽车与优步联手

 本期内容：

Uber, a ride-hailing service, and Volvo, * carmaker owned by Geely of China, announced a non-exclusive alliance to develop self-driving cars. Uber plans to deploy¹ around 100 autonomous² vehicles in Pittsburgh in the coming months. Ford³ said it planned to launch a mass-market, fully⁴ autonomous vehicle in 2021, aimed at the driverless-taxi market.

词汇讲解：
Ride-hailing: 打车
Non-exclusive：非排他性的
Alliance：联盟
Deploy：部署
Autonomous：自动的
Mass-market：大众市场

1 deploy   

v.（军）散开成战斗队形，布置，展开

参考例句：

• The infantry began to deploy at dawn.步兵黎明时开始进入战斗位置。
• The president said he had no intention of deploying ground troops.总统称并不打算部署地面部队。

2 autonomous   

adj.自治的；独立的

参考例句：

• They proudly declared themselves part of a new autonomous province.他们自豪地宣布成为新自治省的一部分。
• This is a matter that comes within the jurisdiction of the autonomous region.这件事是属于自治区权限以内的事务。

3 Ford   

n.浅滩，水浅可涉处；v.涉水，涉过

参考例句：

• They were guarding the bridge,so we forded the river.他们驻守在那座桥上，所以我们只能涉水过河。
• If you decide to ford a stream,be extremely careful.如果已决定要涉过小溪，必须极度小心。

4 fully   

adv.完全地，全部地，彻底地；充分地

参考例句：

• The doctor asked me to breathe in,then to breathe out fully.医生让我先吸气，然后全部呼出。
• They soon became fully integrated into the local community.他们很快就完全融入了当地人的圈子。