EN： In British English headlines and news reports, collective nouns referring to a group of people (like 'staff', 'team', 'family') are frequently treated as plural, taking plural verbs (here, 'Receive' instead of 'Receives'). Additionally, news headlines often use the simple present tense to describe recent past events.
中文： 在英式英語新聞標題中，指代一群人的集合名詞（如 'staff' 員工、'team' 團隊）常被視為複數，因此搭配複數動詞（此處為 'Receive' 而非單數 'Receives'）。此外，新聞標題習慣使用「現在簡單式」來報導最近發生的事件以增添臨場感。
The company staff are discussing the new bonus scheme.
公司員工們正在討論新的獎金方案。
EN： The pattern 'an average of + number/amount' is used to express mean values. The word 'each' placed at the end of the clause functions as an adverbial/distributive modifier meaning 'per person' or 'individually'.
中文： 「an average of + 數字／金額」用來表示「平均為……」。句末的 'each' 作為副詞性修飾語（分配詞），表示「每個人」或「各自」。
The participants were paid an average of $50 each for their time.
參與者因付出時間平均每人獲得 50 美元。
EN： In the UK tech sector, London has emerged as Europe's premier artificial intelligence hub, with firms offering US-level compensation packages that combine base salary with massive equity/stock grants to attract top global researchers.
中文： 在英國科技產業中，倫敦已成為歐洲首屈一指的人工智慧中心。頂尖科技公司為爭奪頂級研發人才，常開出比照美國矽谷水準的薪酬方案，包含高額底薪與大量股票分紅。
EN： Reporting clause at the end: In news reporting, the attribution or reporting clause (e.g., 'new financial accounts show') is often placed at the end of the sentence to prioritize the most important newsworthy information upfront.
中文： 引述子句後置：在新聞英文中，報導來源或引述子句（例如「new financial accounts show」）常置於句尾，以便將最新、最重要的新聞核心內容放在句首吸引讀者。
House prices fell by 3% last quarter, official data indicates.
官方數據顯示，房價在上季下跌了 3%。
EN： Using 'each' as an adverb/determiner after a quantity: When 'each' appears directly after an amount or unit (e.g., '2.3 million pounds each'), it functions distributively to mean 'per person' or 'individually'.
中文： 名詞/金額後的分配用法「each」：當「each」緊接在金額或數量之後（如「2.3 million pounds each」）時，作副詞用法，表示「每個人各自分配到……」或「每人平均……」。
The winners received ten thousand dollars each.
獲獎者每人各獲得一萬美元。
EN： In British business and finance, 'accounts' commonly refers to statutory annual financial statements filed with government registries like Companies House. In contrast, in American English, this is usually referred to as 'financial statements' or 'filings'.
中文： 在英國商業與財經語境中，「accounts」常指提交給英國公司註冊處（Companies House）的法定年度「財務報表」；而在美式英語中，通常會更常用「financial statements」或「filings」來表達。
EN： The conjunction 'that' introduces a noun clause functioning as the direct object of the reporting verb 'show'. Inside the noun clause, a complete sentence ('110 workers shared...') is contained.
中文： 連接詞「that」引導名詞子句，作為主要動詞「show」的受詞。子句內部為一結構完整的獨立句（「110 workers shared...」）。在口語中 that 有時可省略，但在正式財經新聞中通常予以保留。
The report indicates that company profits increased significantly last quarter.
報告顯示該公司上季度的利潤大幅增長。
EN： The preposition 'in' is used here to specify the form, currency, or category in which a value is expressed (e.g., 'in salary', 'in shares').
中文： 介系詞「in」在此處用來指明具體形式、類別或計價方式（例如：以薪資形式發放「in salary」、以股票形式發放「in shares」）。
The prize includes $5,000 in cash and $2,000 in travel vouchers.
該獎項包括5,000美元現金及2,000美元旅行券。
EN： In British business and finance, 'accounts' commonly refers to a company's statutory annual financial statements filed with government registries like Companies House. Additionally, in the UK tech industry, compensation packages often combine base salary with equity ('shares' or share options).
中文： 在英國商業與財經語境中，「accounts」常指公司依法向英國公司註冊處（Companies House）提交的年度法定財務報表。此外，英國與歐美頂尖科技業的高額薪酬通常由固定底薪（salary）與公司股權或股票期權（shares）兩部分組成。
EN： To express multiples (e.g., 'X times something'), use the multiplier phrase directly before a noun phrase: '[number] times + the + [noun]'. Here, '58 times' modifies the noun phrase 'the typical salary'.
中文： 表達倍數時，可使用「[數字] times + the + 名詞」的結構，表示「……的若干倍」。在此句中，「58 times」直接修飾後面的名詞短語「the typical salary」（典型薪資）。
His new apartment is three times the size of his old one.
他的新公寓是他舊公寓的三倍大。
EN： Compound adjectives like 'full-time' are hyphenated when placed before a noun to modify it (attributive position), distinguishing them from adverbial uses (e.g., 'work full time').
中文： 複合形容詞如「full-time」（全職的）放在名詞前作為定語時通常加上連字號（-）；若作為副詞使用放在動詞後（如 work full time），則通常不加連字號。
She is looking for a full-time job in marketing.
她正在尋找一份行銷領域的全職工作。
EN： In the UK, the median annual salary for full-time employees is roughly £35,000–£40,000. Tech salaries, especially in advanced artificial intelligence fields, often diverge drastically from national median earnings, sparking widespread debate about income inequality in the tech hub of London.
中文： 在英國，全職員工的年薪中位數大約落在 3.5 萬至 4 萬英鎊之間。科技業（特別是頂尖人工智慧領域）的高薪水準與全國常態薪資形成了極大反差，這也常引發公眾對於倫敦科技樞紐貧富差距與薪資結構失衡的熱烈討論。
EN： Passive Voice with Ditransitive Verbs: 'Give' typically takes two objects (give someone something / give something to someone). When made passive focusing on the direct object ('the highest pay'), the recipient is introduced with the preposition 'to' ('is given to...').
中文： 雙賓動詞的被動語態：動詞 'give' 原本可接雙賓語（give someone something 或 give something to someone）。在此句中以事物（直接受詞）'the highest pay' 作為主詞，接受者則搭配介系詞 'to'，形成 'is given to...' 的被動結構。
Special awards are given to employees who show outstanding creativity.
特別獎項會頒發給表現出卓越創造力的員工。
EN： Defining Relative Clause with 'who': The relative pronoun 'who' introduces a defining relative clause ('who help build...') modifying the human antecedent 'AI researchers', explaining specifically which researchers receive the pay.
中文： 關係代名詞 'who' 引導的限定關係子句：此處 'who' 代替指人的先行詞 'AI researchers'，並在子句中作主詞，修飾並明確界定是哪些研究人員（協助打造公司先進模型的人）。
We need engineers who can solve complex security issues.
我們需要能夠解決複雜資安問題的工程師。
EN： In the tech sector, especially frontier AI labs like OpenAI, compensation for top research talent often vastly exceeds traditional corporate scales due to severe talent scarcity. Packages frequently combine base pay with lucrative equity grants (shares), creating average earnings that reach millions of dollars or pounds.
中文： 在科技產業，特別是像 OpenAI 這樣的前沿人工智慧實驗室中，頂尖研發人才極度稀缺，因此薪酬待遇往往遠超過傳統企業水準。這類薪酬組合通常包含底薪與高額股權激勵（股票），使得平均年收入可高達數百萬美元或英鎊。
EN： The relative adverb 'when' introduces a non-defining relative clause modifying the time expression '2025'. In this context, it adds extra background information about what happened during that year, separated by a comma.
中文： 關係副詞「when」引導非限定關係子句，修飾前面的時間詞「2025」。在逗號後使用時，用來補充說明該年份所發生的背景情況，相當於「在那一年……」。
She graduated in 2020, when the pandemic disrupted traditional ceremonies.
她於 2020 年畢業，當時疫情打亂了傳統的畢業典禮。
EN： The past continuous tense ('were competing') describes an ongoing action or atmosphere in the past, combined with an infinitive of purpose ('to hire...') to express the objective of the action.
中文： 過去進行式（were competing）表示過去某段時間內正在持續進行的動作或競爭狀態，後方搭配不定詞（to hire...）作為目的狀語，說明競爭是「為了雇用」頂尖人才。
Companies were fighting hard to secure the best talent.
各家公司當時正激烈爭奪，以爭取最優秀的人才。
EN： In recent years, the 'AI talent war' has become a defining phenomenon in the global tech industry. Major companies offer astronomical compensation packages (including base salaries, equity, and bonuses) to a very small pool of top machine learning researchers, driving executive-level pay down to researchers in their 20s and 30s.
中文： 近年來，「AI 人才爭奪戰」（AI talent war）成為全球科技業的代表性現象。各大科技巨頭為少數頂尖機器學習專家開出天文數字般的薪酬組合（含底薪、股權與簽約金），使得二、三十歲的資深研究人員往往能領到媲美企業高層的薪水。
EN： The passive reporting structure 'be reported to do/be doing' is used to convey information or rumors without naming the specific source. Here, the continuous infinitive 'to be offering' emphasizes an ongoing action at that past time.
中文： 被動轉述句型「be reported to do/be doing」用於傳達消息或傳聞，無需具體指出消息來源。在此處搭配進行式不定詞「to be offering」，用來強調當時正在進行的動作（據報導正在提供）。
The tech giant was rumored to be developing its own microchips.
據傳這家科技巨頭當時正在研發自己的微晶片。
EN： The adjective 'worth' is followed directly by a noun phrase indicating value or price (e.g., 'worth hundreds of millions of dollars'), functioning as a post-positive modifier describing 'packages'.
中文： 形容詞「worth」（價值…）後面直接接名詞片語以表示具體價值或金額（例如「worth hundreds of millions of dollars」），在此處作為後置修飾語，修飾前面的名詞「packages」。
They uncovered ancient coins worth several thousand pounds.
他們發現了價值數千英鎊的古代硬幣。
EN： In the technology industry, especially in the context of senior roles and AI researchers, 'packages' (compensation packages) typically include base salary, equity/stock grants (RSUs), and performance bonuses rather than just standard cash pay.
中文： 在科技產業中，特別是針對高階職位或 AI 研究人員時，「packages」（薪酬方案 / 待遇組合）通常不僅指基本底薪，還包含股權、限制性股票（RSU）以及各類績效獎金。
EN： The present perfect tense ('has become') is formed with 'have/has' + past participle. It indicates an action or change that occurred in the past and has direct relevance or results in the present.
中文： 現在完成式（has become）由「have/has + 過去分詞」構成，表示過去發生的動作或變化對現在仍有直接的影響或延續的結果。
The city has become a major hub for tech startups over the last decade.
這座城市在過去十年間已成為科技新創的重要樞紐。
EN： The phrase 'such as' is a prepositional phrase used to introduce specific examples of a general category mentioned earlier (here, 'universities').
中文： 片語「such as」為介系詞片語，意為「例如、像是」，用於舉出前述概括名詞（此處為「universities」）的具體範例。
She enjoys outdoor activities such as hiking and rock climbing.
她喜歡戶外活動，例如健行和攀岩。
EN： Cambridge (University of Cambridge) is part of the UK's 'Golden Triangle' of leading research universities (along with Oxford and London universities). Its world-renowned computer science and AI labs make it a major talent pipeline for global tech firms setting up offices in London.
中文： 劍橋大學（Cambridge）與牛津大學以及倫敦的大學共同構成英國頂尖研究型大學的「金三角名校」。其世界知名的電腦科學與人工智慧研究室，是國際科技巨頭在倫敦設立據點時最核心的人才來源之一。
EN： A non-defining relative clause (set off by commas) provides extra, non-essential information about the noun it follows. Here, 'which is the company behind ChatGPT' adds background information about 'OpenAI'. Even if removed, the main clause remains grammatically complete.
中文： 非限定關係子句（Non-defining relative clause）通常以逗號隔開，用來對先前的先行詞提供補充說明而非必要限定。句中「which is the company behind ChatGPT」補充說明「OpenAI」的背景；即使刪除該子句，主要子句依然文意完整。
Google, which is owned by Alphabet, announced a new AI feature yesterday.
由 Alphabet 擁有的 Google 昨天發布了一項新的 AI 功能。
EN： The verb 'decline' is followed by a to-infinitive ('to comment') to mean politely refusing to do something. Furthermore, 'comment' typically pairs with the preposition 'on' to indicate the topic being discussed ('comment on sth').
中文： 動詞「decline」後面接不定詞（to-infinitive，即「to + 原形動詞」），表示婉拒做某事（decline to do sth）。此外，「comment」通常與介係詞「on」連用，表示「對某事發表評論」（comment on sth）。
The spokesperson declined to answer questions about the merger.
發言人拒絕回答有關合併案的問題。
EN： In journalism and corporate communications, the phrase 'declined to comment' is standard media terminology used when a company or individual officially refuses to give a statement or answer questions regarding a news report.
中文： 在新聞報導與企業公關中，「declined to comment」（拒絕發表評論）是極為標準的正式用語。當企業或公眾人物對記者的查證或新聞事件選擇不予置評時，媒體通常會使用此片語客觀記錄對方的回應態度。
重要單字附有 IPA 發音、定義、例句和互動式測驗。
在本文中： 平均；平均數
在本文中： 財務的；金融的
在本文中： 股票；股份
在本文中： 典型的；一般的
在本文中： 先進的；高階的
在本文中： 競爭
在本文中： 競爭對手的
在本文中： 有才華的；有天賦的
在本文中： 婉拒；拒絕
片語包含類型標示、雙語定義、用法說明和例句。
An employee who works the standard number of hours per week set by their employer or country.
全職員工
To refuse to give an official response or statement on a particular topic.
不予置評；拒絕評論
Responsible for creating, managing, or supporting a specific product or project.
……背後推手；開發/支持……的