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exploit - 利用する、悪用する

exploit

  • 1) 利用・活用する, to use something for your own benefit
  • 2) 悪用する, to use someone unfairly for your own advantage
  • 3) (コンピューターセキュリティ) セキュリティー上の弱点を突く手段

Examples

  • The two companies joined forces to exploit the potential of the Internet.
  • The company was exploiting cheap labor in developing countries.
  • KeySteal exploit can steal user passwords from the macOS Keychain.

clearance sale - 在庫処分セール

clearance sale

  • 〔商品の〕クリアランスセール、在庫一掃[処分・整理]セール
  • an event at a store, during which it sells products at a lower price than usual in order to get rid of them:
  • clearance : 在庫一掃[処分]

Examples

  • Save up to 60% on appliances during our storewide clearance sale.
  • New 2016 iPhone SE for $249? Apple's clearance models sell out fast
  • It's not known how many iPhone SE devices Apple had in stock, but the company sold out of 32GB and 128GB models by Sunday, three days after they popped up on Apple's clearance page.

budget (adj.) - 手ごろな価格の、cheap

budget (adj.)

  • 手ごろな価格の
  • low in price; cheap
  • 格安航空会社LCC (Low-Cost Carrier)のことを、No-frills carrier, Budget carrierともいう。

Examples

  • Budget airlines have forced major airlines to lower some of their prices.
  • Given that Apple is also rumored to be working on a new iPad mini, along with an updated version of the budget iPad, so introducing a new budget iPhone with a 4-inch display would fit in with this pattern of refreshing the bottom-end of the product line up.

at odds - 不一致で、不和で、対立して、争って

at odds

  • 不一致で、不和で、対立して、争って
  • to disagree

Examples

  • They're at odds over the funding of the project.
  • Her version of events was at odds with (= very different from) the police report.
  • Rimini Street and Oracle were once again at odds in the courtroom yesterday, as the US Supreme Court heard oral arguments in the pair's long-running copyright battle.