Mead predicts that inventors will be able to perfect powerful customized chips over a weekend at the office -- spawning a new generation of garage start-ups and giving the U.S.a jump on its foreign rivals in getting new products to market fast.
米德预言发明者可以在办公室用一个周末的时间生产了完美的、功能很强的、按客户需求设计的芯片 -- 造就新一代从汽车间起家的技术人员,在把产品推向市场方面使美国把它的外国对手们打个措手不及。
新概念英语第四册
Lesson 10 Silicon valley
📚 句中词汇解析
从本句中提取的重要词汇
adj. 完美的;正确的;优秀的;极好的;
n. [语]完成时;
💡 per全部+fect做→全部做完→完美的;完全的
"Everyone liked my father—he was the perfect gentleman."
大家都喜欢我父亲—他是真正的君子。
近义:improve, purify, refine, upgrade, better, meliorate
反义:incomplete, bad, sketchy, unaccomplished, uncompleted, unfinished
adj. 强大的;权力大的;(药)有效地;
adv. 很;非常;
💡 power力量+ful表形容词,“有…的” →有力的
"The powerful lords were guilty of grinding the villagers under their heels."
那些大领主的罪过是以权势欺压村民.
近义:lordly, masterful, mighty, authoritative, potent, puissant
反义:impotent, infirm, labile, languid, languishing, languorous
n. 办公室;办公楼;问询处;重要官职;
💡 fac, fect, fic, fig, fea =make,do,表示”做,制作”
"The office was light and airy."
办公室又明亮又通风。
近义:organisation, organization, bureau, department, agency, entity
n. 一代人;代(约30年),时代;生殖;产生;
💡 gener出生,产生 + ation 表示行为状态、过程 → n.一代,一代人;产生
"This book was handed down from generation to generation."
这本书世代相传.
近义:lifetime, period, season, time, chapter, age
adj. 外国的,外交的;外来的;不相干的;[医]异质的;
💡 fore 表示”论坛,公共发言的地方”,”户外,
"You can't really appreciate foreign literature in translation."
看翻译作品不能真正欣赏到外国文学原著的美妙之处。
近义:newfangled, outlandish, overseas, strange, alien, exotic
反义:indigenous, native, autochthonal, autochthonic, primal, primeval