微軟創辦人比爾．蓋茲頭戴全球首富光環多年，但其間不免幾回被短暫篡位。最近一次是10月底電商龍頭亞馬遜執行長貝佐斯，積極搶攻雲端服務、實體通路，締造超標業績，股價大漲的紅利就是身價暴衝，把前輩請下（ousted from）寶座。 【首富換人淺談】 to oust from 從某處驅逐 A：I heard Bill Gates was ousted from the throne to be the richest person globally. （聽說比爾．蓋茲前一陣子曾經被擠下全球首富寶座。） B：Yeah, It's the Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos who passed Bill Gates and won the title. （是啊！亞馬遜執行長貝佐斯擠下蓋茲贏得了這個頭銜。） to dominate 主導 A：Is it attributed to Alexa which dominates the voice-controlled device market？ （可以歸功主導聲控裝備市場的Alexa嗎？） B：Also, the buyout of Whole Foods shows its ambition to expand into brick-and-mortars. （收購Whole Foods也顯示他要進軍實體通路的野心。） to reclaim 再度奪回 A：However, Bill reclaimed his title as the wealthiest person in the world shortly after that. （不過，沒多久比爾．蓋茲又取回他全球首富的頭銜啦！） B：After all, the competitiveness of your stocks decides whether you can keep the title. （畢竟你的股票競爭力才能決定你是否能保住這個頭銜。） 【延伸關鍵字】 1. to surpass：超越 2. exceptional：傑出的 3. entrepreneur：企業家 多益時事通工作團隊獨家授權