pyramid selling 传销
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        西班牙警方5月9日起开始调查一起利用邮票进行传销诈骗的超级大案。据估计,西班牙约有35万个人投资者被卷入其中,涉案金额达5400万欧元。

        请看外电相关报道:More than 200,0000 private investors1 across Spain are believed to have fallen victim to an alleged2 pyramid selling scam involving rare postage stamps. Armed police raided the offices of two companies in four cities on Tuesday, seizing documents, computers and other items, sequestering3 the buildings and throwing employees onto the streets.

        报道中的pyramid selling就是“传销”。在日常生活中,人们常用pyramid(金字塔)来形容一种“基础广阔而上面却逐级狭窄的社会现象”,如:education pyramid(教育“金字塔”) 就是指“按既定标准,通过层层筛选、淘汰,选拔出符合既定标准的精英”。

        但在“传销”中,人们却反其义,拿pyramid(金字塔)来形容“由上而下”而非“由下而上”的运作模式,即“用尖顶来比喻上线,基于上线,逐上而下次第发展许多下线”。

        举一个有关pyramid比喻义的例子:

        A glance at the income distribution in the US shows how pointed4 is the income pyramid, how broad its base. (观察美国的收入分配,可以看出其“金字塔”形的收入结构,顶部有多尖,底部有多宽。)



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1 investors dffc64354445b947454450e472276b99     
n.投资者,出资者( investor的名词复数 )
参考例句:
  • a con man who bilked investors out of millions of dollars 诈取投资者几百万元的骗子
  • a cash bonanza for investors 投资者的赚钱机会
2 alleged gzaz3i     
a.被指控的,嫌疑的
参考例句:
  • It was alleged that he had taken bribes while in office. 他被指称在任时收受贿赂。
  • alleged irregularities in the election campaign 被指称竞选运动中的不正当行为
3 sequestering 291d581ff3779bbedbe412d580940f13     
v.使隔绝,使隔离( sequester的现在分词 );扣押
参考例句:
  • Once installed the wood at further reducing carbon through the sequestering process. 本木料一旦植入,将通过一系列物理化学过程进一步有效降低碳量。 来自互联网
  • Sequestration and dispersion force of different kinds of sequestering a-gent are tested. 本文分别测定了几种不同类型络合剂的络合能力和分散能力。 来自互联网
4 pointed Il8zB4     
adj.尖的,直截了当的
参考例句:
  • He gave me a very sharp pointed pencil.他给我一支削得非常尖的铅笔。
  • She wished to show Mrs.John Dashwood by this pointed invitation to her brother.她想通过对达茨伍德夫人提出直截了当的邀请向她的哥哥表示出来。
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