🇬🇧 英语 · B2 · 高级职业世界
创业
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。
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 saturatedHad 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 investorsWe 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 dollarsOur 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 todayWere 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。
小测验
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