
In the mid-2000s, Waze Mobile co-founder Ehud Shabtai received a cutting-edge(尖端的)gift from his girlfriend: a GPS. The expensive gift was supposed to be helpful. But straight out of the box, it was already out of date.
Shabtai, a coding enthusiast, had an immediate reaction to reinvent. Shabtai’s solution? To build an app. With 50 million monthly active users globally and nearly 400,000 superusers who function much like Wikipedia volunteer editors (editing maps rather than words), Waze Mobile caught the eye of Google as a revolutionary approach to navigation(导航).
Acquired by Google in 2013, Waze’s value mainly lies in its high rate of user involvement. Unlike traditional navigation apps that simply show directions, Waze asks its users to report accidents and other road conditions in real time, so other users can avoid the traffic by using an alternative route.
The goal behind Waze’s approach is an ambitious one: not just avoid traffic, but end it altogether. Waze is finding new ways to put its loyal and active user base to use to make that vision a reality, including a plan to make carpooling(拼车)cool.
To be sure, traffic jams are troubling people all over the world. Waze has been quietly ahead of the game for some time. In 2013, when Waze was just a small digital-mapping business with limited resources, it had something Google Maps and other competitors didn’t: richer GPS guidance thanks to its stream of live traffic reports from users.
These users were the basis of Shabtai’s plan to solve for his GPS device’s “silent” hardware: he grounded the app in software that could be perpetually updated by users, anywhere and anytime.
Waze Carpool is going straight to the heart of traffic jams, trying to get more drivers off the road and into carpools. The app has already connected tens of thousands of rideseekers with drivers willing to ferry them along a shared route, and that trend could be the answer to a traffic-free future.
2000年代中期,Waze Mobile联合创始人Ehud Shabtai获得了(尖端的)他女朋友送的礼物:一个GPS。这个昂贵的礼物本应该是有用的。但开箱即用,它已经过时了。
Shabtai是一位编码爱好者,他立即做出了重新发明的反应。沙布泰的解决方案?构建应用程序。Waze Mobile在全球拥有5000万月活跃用户和近40万超级用户,他们的功能非常像维基百科的志愿者编辑(编辑地图而不是文字),Waze Mobile作为一种革命性的导航方法吸引了谷歌的眼球(导航).
Waze于2013年被谷歌收购,其价值主要在于其高用户参与率。与简单显示方向的传统导航应用程序不同,Waze要求用户实时报告事故和其他路况,这样其他用户就可以通过使用替代路线来避开交通。
Waze方法背后的目标是雄心勃勃的:不仅要避免交通堵塞,还要彻底结束交通堵塞。Waze正在寻找新的方法来利用其忠诚和活跃的用户群来实现这一愿景,包括拼车计划(拼车)凉的
可以肯定的是,交通堵塞正在困扰着全世界的人们。一段时间以来,瓦兹一直处于领先地位。2013年,当Waze还是一家资源有限的小型数字地图公司时,它拥有谷歌地图和其他竞争对手所没有的东西:由于用户的实时交通报告流,它提供了更丰富的GPS导航。
这些用户是Shabtai解决GPS设备“静音”硬件问题计划的基础:他将应用程序安装在软件中,用户可以随时随地永久更新。
Waze Carpool正直接进入交通堵塞的中心,试图让更多的司机离开道路,进入拼车。该应用程序已经将数万名乘客与愿意沿着共享路线运送他们的司机联系起来,这一趋势可能是未来无交通的答案。
句子成分分析:
[Acquired [by Google] [in 2013]],Waze's value mainly lies in its high rate (of user involvement).
句子语法结构详解:
* Acquired 为过去分词,作句子状语。
* lies 为谓语,采用一般现在时。动词采用第三人称单数形式。
* its 为物主代词。Waze's 为名词所有格。
句子相关词汇解释:
Phrase:
1) 躺在...里 2) 在于... |
Vocabulary:
acquire [ә'kwaiә] | vt. | 1) (通过努力、能力、行为表现)获得,得到 2) 购得,获得,得到 |
n. | 谷歌(美国互联网搜索引擎公司) | |
value ['vælju:] | n. | 1) 价值 2) 值,划算 |
mainly ['meinli] | ad. | 1) 主要地;首要地 2) 大部分;大多 |
its [its] | a. | 它的 |
high [hai] | a. | 1) 高的 2) 有某高度的 |
rate [reit] | n. | 1) 比率,率 2) 速度,进度 |
user ['ju:zә] | n. | 1) 用户,使用者 2) [俚]瘾君子,吸毒成性的人 |
n. | 1) 参与,加入,插手 2) 耗费时间,投入,沉迷 |
句子成分分析:
[In 2013, (when Waze was [just] a small digitalmapping business [with limited resources])], it had something (Google Maps)||and other competitors didn't:richerGPSguidance thanks (to its stream (of live traffic reports (from users))).
句子语法结构详解:
(didn't = did not, richer 为 rich 的比较级形式)
* when 为关系副词,引导非限制性定语从句。
* was 为系动词作谓语,采用一般过去时。
* had 为谓语,采用一般过去时。
* Google 开头为定语从句,引导词 that 被省略。
* maps 为谓语,采用一般现在时。动词采用第三人称单数形式。
* and 为并列连词。句子有省略。
* its 为物主代词。something 为不定代词。did 为助动词。a 为不定冠词。
句子相关词汇解释:
Vocabulary:
just [dʒʌst] | ad. | 1) 只,仅仅 2) 刚,刚刚 |
small [smɔ:l] | a. | 1) (尺寸、数量、程度等)小的 2) (服装、食品、家用设施等)小号的,小型的 |
business ['biznis] | n. | 1) 商业,买卖,生意 2) 商务,公事 |
limited ['limitid] | a. | 1) 有限的 2) 受(……的)限制 3) (置于公司名后)有限(公司) |
resource [ri'sɔ:s] | n. | 1) 资源,财力 2) 有助于实现目标的东西,资料 |
have [hæv] | vt. | 1) 有,持有 2) 吃,喝, 抽(烟) 3) 患病,出现(某症状) |
something ['sʌmθiŋ] | pron | 1) 某事, 某物 2) 被视为重要或有意义的事物 |
n. | 谷歌(美国互联网搜索引擎公司) | |
map [mæp] | vt. | 1) 绘制……的地图 2) 了解信息,提供信息(尤指编排或组织方式) |
and [ænd] | conj. | 1) 和, 与, 同, 并 2) 然后,接着 |
other ['ʌðә] | a. | 1) 其他的, 另外的, 其余的 2) 另一 |
competitor [kәm'petitә] | n. | 竞争对手,对手,竞赛者 |
rich [ri:tʃ] | a. | 1) 富裕的, 富有的 2) 大量含有的 |
GPS | n. | 全球定位系统(全写为global positioning system) |
guidance ['gaidns] | n. | 1) 指导,指引,引导,咨询 2) (火箭等)导航,制导 |
thanks | n. | 谢谢, 感谢 |
its [its] | a. | 它的 |
stream [stri:m] | n. | 1) 小溪,小河 2) 液流(水流),气流 |
live [laiv] | a. | 1) 活的 2) (广播)现场直播的,实况转播的 |
traffic ['træfik] | n. | 1) 路上行驶的车辆,交通 2) (沿固定路线的)航行,行驶,飞行 |
report [ri'pɔ:t] | n. | 1) 报告,汇报,记述 2) 报道 |
user ['ju:zә] | n. | 1) 用户,使用者 2) [俚]瘾君子,吸毒成性的人 |
句子成分分析:
[Tobe sure], traffic jams are troubling people [all over the world].
句子语法结构详解:
* To be 为不定式。不定式短语作句子状语。
* be 为系动词。
* sure 为形容词作表语。
* troubling 为谓语,采用现在进行时。
* are 为助动词。the 为定冠词。
句子相关词汇解释:
Phrase:
traffic jam | 交通阻塞 |
all over the world | 全世界, 遍及世界各地 |
Vocabulary:
sure [ʃuә] | a. | 1) 确信,确知,肯定,有把握 2) 一定,必定,无疑(将会得到或发生) |
trouble ['trʌbl] | vt. | 1) 使忧虑,使烦恼,使苦恼 2) 劳驾,费神,麻烦 |
people ['pi:pl] | n. | 1) 人,人们,大家 2) 国民,人民,臣民,群众 |
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