双语趣听精彩世 第157期:移动设备上购物比PC端价格高
时间：2019-01-01 作者：英语课 分类：双语趣听精彩世界
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通常我们都认为,在网上购物的价格相对于实体店要便宜一些.但是,近来美国的一项调查显示,你用不同的设备购物有可能需要付的价格不一样,比如说,用苹果手机购物,那可能你要多付一些钱了.
移动设备上购物比PC端价格高
CBS News: For years now, merchants have tracked individual online shopping habits to personalize their websites and attract customers. That also helps them make assumptions 1 about income and spending power.
But a new study says some companies are going beyond that by using what they know about each shopper 2 to set different prices for the same product.
You may have noticed while shopping online your computer seems to know exactly what you're looking for. That's because companies track your search and purchase histories to make guesses about what you like.
But a Northeastern University study shows companies are also using information about how you're shopping online to customize prices.
Asst. Prof. Christo Wilson explains."Many E-commerce sites will give deals or change the prices for people using specific devices or browsers 3, or will change the order of search results to highlight more expensive items."
假定，臆断( assumption的名词复数 )； （责任的）承担； （他人债务的）承继； [the A-][基督教]1)。 圣母升天
- Their reasoning was based on a set of unstated assumptions. 他们的推理是以一系列未说明的假定为基础的。
- Your argument is based on a set of questionable assumptions. 你的论证建立在一套有问题的假设上。
n.购物者，顾客
- Hong Kong is a shopper's paradise.香港是购物者的天堂。
- She is one shopper who takes responsibility in bagging her own goods.她是一名承担责任把食品装进袋子的顾客。
浏览器
- Three-layer architecture is a model made up of browser, web server and background database server. 这种体系结构是由Browser、Web Server、Database Server组成的浏览器／Web服务器／后台数据库服务器三层模型。 来自互联网
- Another excellent approach is to abandon the browser entirely and, instead, create a non-browser-based, Internet-enabled application. 另一个非常好的方法是干脆放弃浏览器，取而代之，创建一个不基于浏览器，但却是基于互联网的应用。 来自About Face 3交互设计精髓
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