腾讯“官宣”了：微信小程序日活破4.5亿！（朗读版）|E0110

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China's dominant messaging app, Tencent Holdings' Weixin, said on Thursday that average daily active users for its mini programs hit 450 million in 2021.

The mini programs - which look and operate much like apps on Apple Inc's iOS and Google's Android operating systems, but are less data intensive - are key to Tencent's efforts to build its e-commerce operations.

Weixin will also start to allow users to pay with China's digital yuan, Tencent said, as the country's central bank steps up its push to develop its own digital currency.

▍语言点 

1. dominant /ˈdɑːmənənt/ adj. 占据主导地位的；控制欲很强的

· 构词：词根domin-lord主人

· She was a dominant figure in the film industry.

她是电影界举足轻重的人物。

· a dominant personality 很有控制欲的性格

2. daily active users 日活用户(DAU)

· monthly active user 月活用户(MAU)

3. look and operate much like 外观和操作都和……很相似

· Wechat looks and operates much like WhatsApp. 

微信和whatsapp很相似。

4. key to sth. ……的关键 

· Working well as a team is the key to success.

团队合作是成功的关键。

5. step up 增加(increase)

· 构词：step-脚步，up-向上，增加

· They’ve been stepping up the pressure on the company.

他们一直在给这家公司施压。

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