1. derail
V-T Toderailsomething such as a plan or a series of negotiations means to prevent it from continuing as planned. 打亂 (原定計(jì)劃)[journalism]
2. data breach 數(shù)據(jù)泄露
the 4.8billion takeover of Yahoo, an internet firm, by Verizon, a telecoms firm, was nearly derailed by two enormous data breaches;
3. extortion
N-UNCOUNTExtortion is the crime of obtaining something from someone, especially money, by using force or threats. 勒索
4. compounted
ADJIf something iscompounded ofdifferent things, it is a mixture of those things. 混合的
5. This is not a counsel of despair. The risk from fraud, car accidents and the weather can never be eliminated completely either.
這倒并不意味這絕望，不過(guò)來(lái)自詐騙，車禍，等等的風(fēng)險(xiǎn)也不會(huì)完全消失。
6. refrain
V-IIf yourefrainfromdoing something, you deliberately do not do it. 忍住; 克制
Government‘s first priority is to refrain from making the situation worse.
政府首先要防止情況惡化。
7. spark
V-TIf one thingsparksanother, the first thing cause the second thing to start happening. 引發(fā)
Terrorist attacks, like..., often spark calls for encryption to to weakened so that the sucurity services can better monitor what indivuduals are up to.
恐怖襲擊經(jīng)常會(huì)引發(fā)一種呼聲，要弱化加密，才能保證安保設(shè)施更好的監(jiān)控人們的動(dòng)向。
8. hamper
V-TIf someone or somethinghampersyou, they make it difficult for you to do what you are trying to do. 妨礙
9. default
N-UNCOUNTIn computing, thedefaultis a particular set of instructions which the computer always uses unless the person using the computer gives other instructions. 默認(rèn)值[計(jì)算機(jī)]
default usernames and passwords 原始用戶名和密碼
10. botnet
N a network of computers infected by a program that communicates with its creator in order to send unsolicited emails, attack websites, etc 僵尸網(wǎng)絡(luò); 被一程序感染的計(jì)算機(jī)網(wǎng)絡(luò)，該程序接收程序創(chuàng)建者指令，向互聯(lián)網(wǎng)大量主機(jī)發(fā)送不請(qǐng)自來(lái)的郵件、攻擊網(wǎng)絡(luò)等
Think of botnets, networks of computers, from desktops to routers to "smart" lightbulbs, that are infected with malware and attack other targets.
11. disclaim
V-TIf youdisclaimknowledge of something ordisclaimresponsibility for something, you say that you did not know about it or are not responsible for it. 否認(rèn)
disclaimer
N-COUNTAdisclaimeris a statement in which a person says that they did not know about something or that they are not responsible for something. 免責(zé)聲明[正式]
12. ...only if firms have relatively free rein to ...
有。。的自由
13. moot
ADJIf a subject or question ismoot, it has no practical importance. 無(wú)實(shí)際意義的
But this point will soon be moot. As computers spread to products covered by established liability arrangements, such as cars or domestic goods,? the industry's disclaimers will increasingly butt up against existing laws.
但是這一點(diǎn)很快就毫無(wú)意義。隨著電腦蔓延到由現(xiàn)存責(zé)任安排所覆蓋的產(chǎn)品，如汽車或國(guó)內(nèi)商品，該產(chǎn)業(yè)的免責(zé)聲明將會(huì)更大程度上違背現(xiàn)存法律。
14. excoriate
V-TToexcoriatea person or organization means to criticize them severely, usually in public. (公開)指責(zé)
...a bestselling book that exposed and excoriated the industry's lax attitude.
。。暢銷書曝光并嚴(yán)厲指責(zé)了汽車產(chǎn)業(yè)的松懈態(tài)度
15. come down hard on 嚴(yán)厲懲罰
16. clamour
Now imagine the clamour for legislation after the first child fatality involving self-driveing cars.
想像一下，如果無(wú)人駕駛汽車導(dǎo)致了第一例孩童死亡，人們會(huì)如何吵嚷著對(duì)該領(lǐng)域立法。
17. have (a) recourse to 訴諸或采取，求助于，依靠
A firm that takes reasonable steps to make things safe, but which is compromised nevertheless, will have recourse to an insurance payout that will stop it from going bankrupt.
采取合理的方式確保安全的公司，然而做出妥協(xié)的，將可求助保險(xiǎn)金額，而不至于破產(chǎn)。
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