·HSK 5

Apple (company)
Píngguǒ
苹果
to file a lawsuit / to sue
qǐsù
起诉
OpenAI (AI company)
OpenAI
OpenAI
，
to accuse / to charge
zhǐkòng
指控
it / the company (formal)
qí
其
to steal / to misappropriate
qièqǔ
窃取
hardware
yìngjiàn
硬件
trade secrets / confidential business information
shāngyè jīmì
商业机密
。

Apple Inc.

Píngguǒ Gōngsī

苹果公司

on / at (formal time marker)

yú

于

July 10th

qīyuè shí rì

七月十日

against

duì

对

OpenAI (AI company)

OpenAI

to file / to bring (a lawsuit)

tíqǐ

提起

federal

liánbāng

联邦

lawsuit / legal proceedings

sùsòng

诉讼

，

to accuse / to charge

zhǐkòng

指控

the latter / the other party

hòuzhě

后者

through / by means of

tōngguò

通过

to recruit / to hire

zhāomù

招募

former

qián

前

Apple

Píngguǒ

苹果

employees / staff

yuángōng

员工

systematically / in a systematic manner

xìtǒngxìng

系统性

to steal / to misappropriate

qièqǔ

窃取

hardware

yìngjiàn

硬件

trade secrets

shāngyè jīmì

商业机密

。

according to reports / it is learned that

jù xī

据悉

，

OpenAI

to require / to demand

yāoqiú

要求

job interview

miànshì

面试

candidates / applicants

hòuxuǎnrén

候选人

to bring / to carry

xiédài

携带

confidential / classified

jīmì

机密

documents / files

wénjiàn

文件

and

hé

和

physical objects / actual items

shíwù

实物

parts / components

língjiàn

零件

to conduct / to carry out

jìnxíng

进行

display / show-and-tell demonstration

zhǎnshì

展示

。

July 12, 2026 at 10:30 AM

Apple Inc.

Píngguǒ Gōngsī

苹果公司

on / at (formal time marker)

yú

于

July 10th

qīyuè shí rì

七月十日

in / at

zài

在

the United States

Měiguó

美国

California

Jiāzhōu

加州

federal

liánbāng

联邦

court / courthouse

fǎyuàn

法院

against

duì

对

OpenAI (AI company)

OpenAI

to file / to initiate (a lawsuit)

tíqǐ

提起

lawsuit / legal proceedings

sùsòng

诉讼

，

to accuse / to charge

zhǐkòng

指控

it / the company (formal pronoun)

qí

其

systematically / in a systematic manner

xìtǒngxìng

系统性

to steal / to misappropriate

qièqǔ

窃取

hardware

yìngjiàn

硬件

trade secrets / confidential business information

shāngyè jīmì

商业机密

。

legal complaint / filing

sùzhuàng

诉状

to claim / to allege

shēngchēng

声称

，

OpenAI

at / across

zài

在

every / each and every

gège

各个

level / tier

céngjí

层级

to recruit / to hire

zhāomù

招募

former

qián

前

Apple

Píngguǒ

苹果

employees / staff

yuángōng

员工

，

and / moreover

bìng

并

to require / to demand

yāoqiú

要求

them

tāmen

他们

during / at

zài

在

job interview

miànshì

面试

when / at the time of

shí

时

to bring / to carry

xiédài

携带

confidential / classified

jīmì

机密

documents / files

wénjiàn

文件

and

hé

和

physical objects / actual items

shíwù

实物

parts / components

língjiàn

零件

。

OpenAI

Chief Hardware Officer

shǒuxí yìngjiàn guān

首席硬件官

Tang Tan (former Apple VP, now OpenAI hardware chief)

Táng Tán

唐谭

formerly served as / previously held the post of

céng rèn

曾任

Apple

Píngguǒ

苹果

Vice President

fù zǒngcái

副总裁

，

passive marker

bèi

被

accused / charged

zhǐkòng

指控

in / during

zài

在

interviews / job interviews

miànshì

面试

in / within

zhōng

中

to demand / to require

yāoqiú

要求

job candidates / applicants

hòuxuǎnrén

候选人

to share / to disclose

fēnxiǎng

Apple

Píngguǒ

苹果

internal / inside

nèibù

内部

secret / classified

jīmì

机密

information / data

xìnxī

信息

。

another / one other (person)

lìng yī míng

另一名

former

qián

前

Apple

Píngguǒ

苹果

engineer

gōngchéngshī

工程师

to leave the company / to resign

lí zhí

离职

after / following

hòu

后

did not / failed to (formal negative)

wèi

未

to return / to give back

guīhuán

归还

company

gōngsī

公司

laptop computer / notebook computer

bǐjìběn diànnǎo

笔记本电脑

，

and / moreover

bìng

并

from it / from the device

cóng zhōng

从中

to download

xiàzài

下载

aspect marker (completed action)

了

large quantities of / numerous

dàliàng

大量

confidential / classified

jīmì

机密

technical / technology

jìshù

技术

documents / files

wénjiàn

文件

。

Apple

Píngguǒ

苹果

and / with

yǔ

与

OpenAI

once / previously

céng

曾

in / at (formal time marker)

yú

于

the year 2024

2024 nián

2024年

to establish / to form

jiànlì

建立

a partnership / a cooperative relationship

hézuò guānxi

合作关系

，

to put / indicating action on an object

jiāng

将

ChatGPT (OpenAI conversational AI)

ChatGPT

to integrate / to incorporate

zhěnghé

整合

into

jìn

进

iPhone (Apple smartphone)

iPhone

operating system

cāozuò xìtǒng

操作系统

。

as / along with / following

suízhe

随着

OpenAI

at a price of / for

yǐ

以

$6.4 billion US dollars

64 yì měiyuán

64亿美元

to acquire / to buy out

shōugòu

收购

former

qián

前

Apple

Píngguǒ

苹果

Chief Design Officer / head of design

shèjì zǒngjiān

设计总监

Jony Ive (former Apple design chief)

Qiáoní Àifū

乔尼·艾夫

possessive particle

的

startup company

chūchuàng gōngsī

初创公司

IO Products (Jony Ive hardware startup)

IO Products

and / also

bìng

并

to enter / to move into (a market)

jìnjūn

进军

hardware

yìngjiàn

硬件

market / industry

shìchǎng

市场

，

the two / both (companies)

liǎng jiā

两家

companies

gōngsī

公司

relationship / relations

guānxi

关系

sharply / dramatically

jíjù

急剧

to deteriorate / to worsen

èhuà

恶化

。

this case / the lawsuit

cǐ àn

此案

passive marker

bèi

被

the industry / industry circles

yèjiè

业界

to regard as / to consider as

shì wéi

视为

in recent years / over the past few years

jìn nián lái

近年来

technology / tech

kējì

科技

industry / sector

hángyè

行业

most / the most

zuì

最

to have / possessing

jù

具

influence / impact

yǐngxiǎnglì

影响力

attributive particle

的

intellectual property

zhīshi chǎnquán

知识产权

dispute / conflict

jiūfēn

纠纷

one of / among the most

zhī yī

之一

。

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