when they would be capable of providing information about traffic jams and suggesting alternative routes, when they would be used in hospitals to help doctors to diagnose illnesses, when they would relieve office workers and accountants of dull, repetitiv
计算机可以使办公室人员和会计免除那些枯燥、重复的劳动。
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. 能干的;有才能的;有才华的;能胜任的;
n. 有才能的，能干的;
💡 cap握住+able形容词后缀,具有某种性质的 → 有能力的，有才能的
"He's quite capable of lying to get out of trouble."
靠撒谎渡过难关他挺有一套。
近义：apt, proficient, qualified, skilled, suitable, usable
反义：incompetent, inefficient, unable, uncapable, unfit, unqualified
n. 信息，数据;通知;消息;知识;
💡 in进+form形状+ation名词后缀→通知的东西→信息
"The information and advice are boiled down to bare essentials."
各种资料与建议缩短为极简单的要点.
近义：notice, word, communication, info, intelligence, gen
adj. 替代的;备选的;其他的;另类的;
n. 可供选择的事物;
💡 altern轮流的 + ative有...作用的（带此后缀的词有的可兼作名词） → 替换物;取舍,抉择
"Drivers are advised to seek alternative routes."
驾车者被告知需另寻其他路线。
近义：juncture, option, quandary, avenue, choice, crossroad
反义：sequent, sequential, serial, succedent, succeeding, successional
vt. 诊断;判断;
vi. 做出诊断;
💡 dia 穿过，二者之间 + gnos 知道 + e → vt. 诊断(疾病),对(病人)下诊断结论,判断
"Objective: To correctly diagnose and treat sphenoid sinus disease."
目的：提高孤立性蝶窦病变的诊断率和治疗率。
近义：pronounce
vt. 解除;缓解;换班;（去厕所的一种委婉说法）方便;
💡 re再+lieve提高，变轻→再轻→减轻
"She watches television to relieve the monotony of everyday life."
她天天靠看电视来解闷儿。
近义：heal, lighten, assuage, mitigate, palliate, quell
反义：appal, appall, astonish, astound, oppress, overburden