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 https://www.wsj.com/tech/tech-industry-layoffs-jobs-2024-44a0a9dd#

 

1. drumbeat continues : 계속되다

2. job cuts == layoffs

3. grip

  - get a grip : 정신 차리다.

  - lose a grip : 정신줄을 놓다.

  - keeps a grip on costs : 비용을 억제하다.

 

The drumbeat of job cuts in the tech industry continued on Tuesday when DocuSign [DOCU 1.13%increase] became the latest company to announce layoffs this year, as Silicon Valley keeps a grip on costs while pouring more cash into artificial intelligence. 

 

4. restraint : 제지 -> 여기서는 제약..? 성장에 있어서

Since cutting tens of thousands of workers in late 2022 and early last year, the tech industry has extended its belt-tightening after years of growth with little restraint.

 

5. boon : 혜택

AI excitement that has been a boon to the tech industry 

 

6. resource : (인적/물적) 자원. 여기서는 employees 

shift a away from b : a를 b로부터 치우다.

leading companies to shift resources away from other efforts : 다른 노력에 자원을 집중하지 않게 되었다.

 

7. shares : 주가, plunged : 급락했다.

share : 주주가 소유하고 있는 주식, stock : 총체적인 의미에서의 주식

Snap’s shares, which had risen sharply in recent months, plunged 

 

8. lag 뒤쳐지다. 뒤떨어지다.

lagged below expectations 기대 이하

 

9. barrage : 연발 사격, leaner == efficient

Management experts say the barrage of tech layoffs largely reflects new efforts by companies to operate leaner and more efficiently.