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创业

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词汇

  • startup初创企业
  • pitch推介演讲
  • investor投资者
  • scale扩大规模
  • revenue营收
  • disruption颠覆
  • launch推出
  • funding融资
  • market市场
  • viable可行的
  • break even达到收支平衡
  • equity股权
  • prototype原型
  • bootstrap自力创业

倒装条件句(inversion conditionals)

在 B2 阶段,你可以用倒装替代「if」来更自然、更正式地表达假设。这种形式常见于正式演讲和商业展示。

Had I known…(如果我当时知道……)

除了说「If I had known」,还可以将主语和助动词倒装:

  • Had I known the market was saturated, I wouldn't have launched.
  • Had we secured funding earlier, we could have scaled faster.

结构: Had + 主语 + 过去分词,主语 + would/could have + 过去分词

Were I to…(如果我……)

用于现在或未来的假设:

  • Were I to pitch to investors today, I would focus on revenue.
  • Were the startup to fail, the founders would lose their equity.

Should you…(如果你…… / 万一……)

用于不太可能但仍有可能发生的条件:

  • Should you need additional funding, contact our office.
  • Should the market shift, we'll need to pivot quickly.

注意: 这些倒装形式比「if」更正式。你可以在演示、商务邮件或融资推介材料中使用它们,但不适合轻松的日常对话。

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表达

  • To pitch an idea向投资者推介一个想法
  • To break even达到收支平衡
  • To scale up扩大规模
  • To pivot迅速调整战略
  • To secure funding获得融资
  • To disrupt the market颠覆现有市场
  • Think outside the box用于鼓励创新与创造力
  • Get off the ground用于描述项目或企业成功起步

常见错误

  • Had I knew the market was saturated
    Had I known the market was saturated

    在倒装条件句中,要用过去分词「known」,不能用过去式「knew」。

  • We need to do a pitch to investors
    We need to pitch to investors

    英语中「pitch」可直接作动词,不需要说「do a pitch」。

  • Our revenue is of 2 million dollars
    Our revenue is 2 million dollars

    英语中,be 动词和金额之间不用介词「of」。

  • Were I would pitch today
    Were I to pitch today

    倒装结构用「were + 主语 + to + 动词原形」;条件从句中不能用「would」。

  • We succeeded to raise funding.
    We succeeded in raising funding.

    「succeed」后接「in + 动名词」,不接「to + 不定式」。

  • The company has been founded since 2020.
    The company was founded in 2020.

    表示具体成立年份时,用一般过去时和「in」,不用带「since」的现在完成时。

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