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英语新闻：雅虎首席运营官意外离职

时间：2014-01-17 02:42:20

（单词翻译:单击）

 　　Yahoo's chief operating officer has unexpectedly departed the company just over a year.

　　雅虎首席运营官出人意料地从该公司离职，他在职仅一年多时间。
　　Henrique de Castro, Yahoo's second most senior executive, is leaving this week. No reason was given.
　　His departure deals a blow to the firm's efforts to revive flagging sales and internet traffic in the face of increased competition from rival sites.
　　It may also be an expensive loss for chief executive Marissa Mayer.
　　Mr Castro is one of Silicon1 Valley's most highly-paid executives and may receive a multi-million-dollar severance2 package.
　　According to reports, there were tensions between Mr Castro and Ms Mayer, who had poached him from Google shortly after she took over at the company.
　　Mr Castro's main role was to act as Yahoo's top sales executive and build relationships with key advertising3 clients.
　　However, the company has failed to significantly increase advertising revenues for its website and mobile applications.
　　Display-advertising revenue, which accounts for about 40% of the company's sales, fell 7% to $421m from a year ago in the third quarter.
　　Yahoo also lowered its profit outlook for fiscal4 2013 during its last earnings5 release in October.
　　Yahoo shares fell 0.6% in extended US trading on Wednesday.
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1 silicon dykwJ     
n.硅(旧名矽)
参考例句：
  • This company pioneered the use of silicon chip.这家公司开创了使用硅片的方法。
  • A chip is a piece of silicon about the size of a postage stamp.芯片就是一枚邮票大小的硅片。
2 severance WTLza     
n.离职金；切断
参考例句：
  • Those laid off received their regular checks,plus vacation and severance pay.那些被裁的人都收到他们应得的薪金，再加上假期和解职的酬金。Kirchofer was terminated,effective immediately--without severance or warning.科奇弗被解雇了，立刻生效--而且没有辞退费或者警告。
3 advertising 1zjzi3     
n.广告业；广告活动 a.广告的；广告业务的
参考例句：
  • Can you give me any advice on getting into advertising? 你能指点我如何涉足广告业吗?
  • The advertising campaign is aimed primarily at young people. 这个广告宣传运动主要是针对年轻人的。
4 fiscal agbzf     
adj.财政的，会计的，国库的，国库岁入的
参考例句：
  • The increase of taxation is an important fiscal policy.增税是一项重要的财政政策。
  • The government has two basic strategies of fiscal policy available.政府有两个可行的财政政策基本战略。
5 earnings rrWxJ     
n.工资收人；利润，利益，所得
参考例句：
  • That old man lives on the earnings of his daughter.那个老人靠他女儿的收入维持生活。
  • Last year there was a 20% decrease in his earnings.去年他的收入减少了20%。