讲解人 · Ronan
原文
That prominence was no accident.
China’s manufacturing system, anchored by dense, highly co-ordinated supply chains, means that it can move quickly in robotics — a field also known as embodied AI.
Scale manufacturing and vertical integration allow Chinese tech companies to compress development cycles and aggressively lower costs.
Engineering talent has reinforced these foundations.
Yet beyond the Vegas exhibition halls, the mood among Chinese tech vendors was notably more restrained.
Entrepreneurs in China consistently point to weaknesses in frontier research and advanced materials caused by US restrictions on hardware.
Most robotic start-ups are still in cash-burning, pre-profit phases with little margin for delay.
These realities help to explain the sector’s accelerating rush towards public listings.
Over the past year, dozens of Chinese robotics and AI companies have filed for IPOs in Hong Kong, many of them frantically oversubscribed.
Even so, large-scale deployment in the near term is unrealistic.
As with electric vehicles, this means that China’s manufacturing prowess is both an enabler and a constraint.
Expansion outpaces demand.
That means global markets are critical to the success of the sector.
Hence all the stalls at CES — the biggest electronics trade show in the world.
There is growing concern within China that the country’s own emphasis on national security and self-sufficiency risks underestimating the need for access to international hardware and global markets.
The real risk is that political narratives will strip innovation of the shared foundations that are needed to make it durable, intelligible and safe.
带着问题听讲解
- 中国机器人领域创业者们指出国内在哪些领域存在发展阻碍？
- 大多数中国机器人初创企业处于什么阶段？
- 如何理解文中的 frantically 一词？
讲解
重点词汇
account for sth.
（在数量上）占
- 例句：Women account for nearly 60% of the company's employees.
prominence
/ˈprɑː.mə.nəns/
n. 重要，突出，显著
- 相关词汇：prominent（adj. 突出的，显著的）
- 搭配短语：a prominent Chinese scientist（一位杰出的中国科学家）
搭配短语：to gain or acquire prominence（获得声望）例句：He came to prominence during the World Cup.
anchor
/ˈæŋ.kɚ/
v. 使扎根；用锚固定住
- 词性拓展：anchor（n. 锚）例句：Her novels are anchored in everyday experience.搭配短语：be anchored by sth.（由某物支撑）
- 例句：The company's growth is anchored by steady innovation.
coordinated
/koʊ’ɔ:r.dɪ.neɪ.tɪd/
adj. 协调一致的
- 相关词汇：co-ordinate（v. 协调，配合）
- 例句：We need to co-ordinate our efforts to finish the project on time.
compress
/kəmˈpres/
v. 压缩，缩短（做某事的时间）
- 搭配短语：compress sth. into sth.（把某物压缩 / 精简成某物）
- 例句：She managed to compress her entire speech into five minutes.
aggressively
/əˈɡres.ɪv.li/
adv. 大幅地；挑衅地，激进地
- 相关词汇：aggressive（adj. 好侵略的；进取的，有闯劲的）
- 搭配短语：aggressive marketing tactics（雄心勃勃的营销策略）
例句：The central bank cut interest rates aggressively to boost the economy.
reinforce
/ˌriː.ɪnˈfɔːrs/
v. 强化，加深
- 搭配短语：to reinforce stereotypes（加深刻板印象）搭配短语：to reinforce the idea（强化观点）
notably
/ˈnoʊ.tə.bli/
adv. 明显地，显然
- 相关词汇：note（v. 注意）词根词缀：-able（表示“能够......的”）相关词汇：notable（adj. 值得注意的）
- 搭配短语：a notable achievement（一项引人注目的成就）
例句：The cost of living in the north is notably lower than in the south.
restrained
/rɪˈstreɪnd/
adj. 克制的，平心静气的
- 相关词汇：restrain（v. 阻止，控制）
- 搭配短语：to restrain oneself（克制自己）
frontier
/frʌnˈtɪr/
n.（某一学科的）前沿；边界，边境
- 搭配短语：the frontiers of science and technology（科技前沿）
margin
/ˈmɑːr.dʒɪn/
n. 余地，备用的时间（金钱，空间）
- 例句：There was no margin for error.
accelerating
/əkˈsel.ɚ.eɪ.t̬ɪŋ/
adj. 加速的
- 相关词汇：accelerate（v. 加速，加快）例句：The country faces an accelerating decline in manufacturing.
frantically
/ˈfræn.tɪ.kəl.i/
adv. 紧张忙乱地
- 例句：Shoppers frantically snapped up discounted electronics.
oversubscribed
/ˌoʊ.vɚ.səbˈskraɪbd/
adj.（尤指对股票或票）超额认购的
- 词根词缀：over-（表示“超过”）相关词汇：subscribe（v. 认购股份）
prowess
/ˈpraʊ.es/
n. 杰出的才能，高超的技能
- 搭配短语：sporting prowess（高超的体育技能）
constraint
/kənˈstreɪnt/
n. 限制，约束
- 搭配短语：financial constraints（财务约束）搭配短语：regulatory constraints（监管限制）
outpace
/ˌaʊtˈpeɪs/
v. 超过，胜过
- 词根词缀：out-（表示“超过、胜过”）相关词汇：pace（n. 速度，步伐）例句：Import growth outpaced export growth in the second quarter.
self-sufficiency
/ˌself.səˈfɪʃ.ən.si/
n. 自给自足
- 词根词缀：self-（表示“自己，自我”）相关词汇：sufficiency（n. 足够，充足）
- 搭配短语：a sufficiency of good food（充足的优质食品）
例句：China aims to achieve self-sufficiency in food production.
strip
/strɪp/
v. 夺去, 剥夺
- 搭配短语：strip sb. of sth.（剥夺某人某物）
- 例句：The new law strips many workers of their right to overtime pay.
搭配短语：strip sth. of sth.（剥夺某事的某部分）
intelligible
/ɪnˈtel.ə.dʒə.bəl/
adj.（言语、文章）明白易懂的
- 近义词：understandable例句：The report needs to be intelligible to the client.
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