有些行业，如汽车、电子产品、和机械，都是周期性的。

Industries such as cars, electronic goods and capital machinery are highly cyclical.

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但是，在过去的几个星期里，这个世界上最大的电子产品代工商(如苹果、惠普等品牌)获得了一个不值得羡慕的名声。

In the last few weeks, however, the world's largest contract maker of electronic gadgets for brands such as Apple and Hewlett-Packard has gained a less enviable reputation.

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一些电子产品制造商，如三星，惊讶地发现他们需要重新评估平板产品的战略以及重新考虑产品的上市时间。

Some manufacturers, like Samsung, are just plain dumbfounded and are finding themselves having to re-evaluate their tablet strategies altogether and reconsidering their product launches.

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