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A me-too product is one a company begins to sell only after it has seen that other companies are already doing well with the same kind of thing. It is not a proud word.
A me-too product is one a company begins to sell only after it has seen that other companies are already doing well with the same kind of thingme-too產品是一間公司看到其他公司已經靠同類東西賣得不錯,才跟著開始賣的產品。It is not a proud word這不是個讓人驕傲的說法。
If a drink or a phone becomes a hit, and six other companies quickly sell almost the same thing with a new logo, those later products are me-too products. People in business use it to show : the company did not invent much, and did not take the first risk; it just followed.
If a drink or a phone becomes a hit如果一款飲料或手機大賣,and six other companies quickly sell almost the same thing with a new logo另外六家公司很快就換個新logo賣幾乎一樣的東西,those later products are me-too products那些後來的產品就是me-too產品。People in business use it to show disapproval商界的人用這個詞來表示不認同:the company did not invent much這間公司沒發明什麼東西,and did not take the first risk也沒有冒第一個風險;it just followed它只是跟風。
You can also hear me-too about films, songs, or apps that copy a success. The tone is informal even when the speaker is in a meeting.
You can also hear me-too about films, songs, or apps that copy a success電影、歌曲或抄襲成功作品的app,也會被說成me-too。The tone is informal even when the speaker is in a meeting就算是在開會,這說法的語氣還是非正式的。
Though actually, copying a successful thing is how a lot of shops work, so the phrase is a judgment, not a law. This older business meaning is also easy to mix up with a later use of the same little words — that later use is a different story.
Though actually, copying a successful thing is how a lot of shops work不過其實抄襲成功的東西本來就是很多店家的做法,so the phrase is a judgment, not a law所以這個詞是一種評價,不是鐵律。This older business meaning is also easy to mix up with a later use of the same little words這個較早的商業用法也很容易跟同樣幾個字後來的用法搞混 — that later use is a different story那個後來的用法是另一回事了。
組成me + too: “I want that as well.” The product is the company saying “me too” after someone else has already succeeded.
原始詞典資料1 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法,原文照列,我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的;有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
這個拼法也被記錄為下列字的變化形:
資料來源:英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary(CC BY-SA 4.0)。 原文照列,未經改寫。