From those humble beginnings, we have seen the development of the user-friendly home computers and multimedia machines which are in common use today.
从那些简陋的初级阶段，我们看到了现在都已普及的、使用简便的家用电脑和多媒体的微机的发展。
新概念英语第三册
Lesson 51 Predicting the future
📚 句中词汇解析
从本句中提取的重要词汇
adj. 谦逊的;简陋的;（级别或地位）低下的;不大的;
vt. 使谦恭;轻松打败（尤指强大的对手）;低声下气;
💡 hum土,地+ble...的→接近地面→谦恭的；下贱的
"Be humble enough to learn from your mistakes."
要虚心地从自己的错误中学习。
近义：humiliate, prostrate, shame, subdue, underrate, belittle
反义：apotheosize, honor, immortalise, immortalize, inspire, laud
n. 发展，进化;被发展的状态;新生事物，新产品;开发区;
💡 develop发展+ment表名词 →发展发达，发展
"The development was bitterly opposed by the local community."
这一开发项目遭到了当地社区的愤怒抵制。
近义：progress, unfoldment, upgrowth, evolution, evolvement, growth
反义：backwardness, underdevelopment, atrophy, degeneracy, degeneration
adj. 友好的，亲密的;有帮助的;互助的;
n. 友谊赛;
💡 friend朋友+ly...的→友好的
"He is kind and friendly despite his rather bluff manner."
他为人厚道,待人亲切,虽然态度有点粗鲁.
近义：hearty, hospitable, approachable, kind, kindly, likable
反义：inimical, litigious, opposing, pernicious, polemic, pugnacious
n. 用户，使用者;吸毒成瘾者;
"an intravenous drug user"
使用静脉注射的吸毒者
近义：owner, utilizer, consumer
n. 家;家庭;家庭生活;终点;
adj. 家庭的;家用的;本地的;本部的;
adv. 在家;在家乡;深深地;深入地;
vi. 回家;有家;朝向;自动导航;
vt. 把…送回家;送…回家;给…提供住处;使有安身之处;
"a range of furnishings and accessories for the home"
各种各样的家居装饰物及配件
近义：house, lodging, quarter, residence, seat, gaff