CNN中英双语新闻––微软公布Q3财报 收入下降14%

Microsoft earnings hit by personal computing slowdown

Microsoft posted a double-digit profit decline in the three-month period ending in September as the company confronted a slowdown in the personal computing industry and a broader economic downturn.

在截止到9月份的三个月内，微软公布了两位数的利润下滑，原因是该公司面临着个人电脑行业的放缓和更大范围的经济下滑。

The tech giant on Tuesday reported net income of $17.6 billion for the quarter, a decrease of 14% from the year prior. Microsoft (MSFT)’s revenue, meanwhile, grew a modest 11% to $50.1 billion. Both results were better than analysts had expected.

本周二，这家科技巨头公布了第二季度净收入为176亿美元，与往年同比下降14%。与此同时，微软的收入增长了11%，达到501亿美元。这两个结果都好于分析师的预期。

Microsoft’s Azure cloud services unit saw revenue increase by 35% from the prior year, but the growth was slower than some analysts had hoped for a division that has been one of the company’s biggest bright spots in recent years.

微软Azure云服务部门的收入比前一年增长了35%，但增长速度低于一些分析师对该部门的预期，该部门近年来一直是微软最大的亮点之一。

Other parts of Microsoft’s business declined. Microsoft said revenue from its Windows OEM operations fell 15% from the year prior, which comes as demand for personal computers has fallen sharply on the heels of a pandemic-fueled boom. Consulting firm Gartner reported earlier this month that worldwide PC shipments declined 19.5% in the third quarter of 2022, compared to the same period last year. This marks the steepest market decline since Gartner began tracking the PC market in the mid-1990s.

微软的其他业务均有下滑。微软表示，其Windows OEM业务的收入比前一年下降了15%，这是因为在大流行病爆发之后，个人电脑需求急剧下降。咨询公司Gartner本月早些时候报告称，与去年同期相比，2022年第三季度全球PC出货量下降了19.5%。这是自20世纪90年代中期Gartner开始追踪个人电脑市场以来，市场下滑幅度最大的一次。

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运输;运送;装运

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英 [stiːp] 美 [stiːp]

陡峭的

Microsoft also said revenue from Xbox content and services declined by 3%. The company reportedly recently laid off employees in its Xbox division, among other parts of the company, as it — like many other tech companies right now — looks to cut costs.

微软还表示，Xbox内容和服务的收入下降了3%。据报道，该公司最近解雇了Xbox部门和公司其他部门的员工，因为它和目前许多其他科技公司一样想要削减成本。

Shares of Microsoft fell 2% in after-hours trading Tuesday following the earnings report.

周二公布财报后，微软股价在盘后交易中下跌2%。

Microsoft’s stock has fallen more than 25% since the beginning of the year, amid a broader market downturn as rising inflation, geopolitical uncertainty from the war in Ukraine and more macroeconomic headwinds continue to wreak havoc on the tech industry.

自今年年初以来，微软的股价下跌了25%以上，原因是通胀上升、俄乌冲突带来地缘政治的不确定性以及更多的宏观经济困境。这些都对科技行业造成了严重的破坏，导致更大范围的市场低迷。

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逆风;顶风

wreak：

英 [riːk] 美 [riːk]

造成(巨大的破坏或伤害)

“In this environment, we’re focused on helping our customers do more with less, while investing in secular growth areas and managing our cost structure in a disciplined way,” Satya Nadella, CEO of Microsoft, said in a statement Tuesday announcing the quarterly earnings.

微软CEO Satya Nadella 周二在一份季度收益的声明中说道：“在这种环境下，我们专注于帮助客户以更少的成本做更多的事情，同时投资于长期增长的领域，并严格管理成本结构。”

Haris Anwar, senior analyst at Investing.com, called Microsoft’s earnings report a “mixed bag” in a commentary after the results were released on Tuesday.

Investing.com高级分析师Haris Anwar在微软周二公布财报后，发布评论称这份财报是“喜忧参半”的。

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