Dyson to move company HQ to Singapore
Sir James Dyson, the British billionaire inventor and outspoken Brexiter who called on the government to walk away from the EU without a deal, is moving the headquarters of his vacuum cleaner and hair dryer technology company to Singapore.
HQ 总部 | Our company's headquarters is in Beijing.
outspoken, a.直言不讳的；坦率的
The Dysin chief executive, Jim Rowan, said the move from Wiltshire to Singapore had "nothing to do with Brexit" but was about "future-proofing" the business. The move of Dynson's legal entity from the UK to Singapore "will happen over the coming months", meaning it could take place before Brexit. The company said the decision to move to Singapore was not made for tax reasons. The corporate tax rate in Singapore is 17%, compared with 19% in the UK.
vacuum cleaner 真空吸尘器
future-proof, v.使不过时 | future-proofing your computer network
Liberal Democrat MP Layla Moran said: "This is staggering hypocrisy for Brexit-backing businessman James Dyson" James Dyson can say whatever he wants but he is ditching Britain. This can only be seen as a vote of no confidence in the idea of Brexit Britain.
MP = Member of Parliament， n.下议院议员
hypocrisy, n.虚伪，伪善
staggering, a.惊人的，令人震惊的
ditch, v.抛弃，遗弃
Dyson's announcement comes shortly after Singapore and the EU agreed a landmark free trade agreement. Singapore's prime minister, Lee Hsien Loong, said the deal, signed in October, was: "an ambitious trade deal, it is a high-quality arrangement, and it is one which will fly the flag and encourage others, I hope, to do the same."
arrangement, n.商定，约定
fly/wave/show the flag, 表示拥护，摇旗呐喊
He is not the first Brexit-backing billionare to pull back from the UK since the Brexit vote. Sir Jim Ratcliffe, the UK's richest person with a 21bn pond fortune, was revealed last year to be planning to leave Britain for tax-free Monaco.
pull back from sth. 改变主意；退出
fortune, n.大量财产