If the automobile had followed the same development cyclee as the computer, a Rolls-Royce would today cost $100, get a million miles per gallon, and explode once a year, killing everyone inside.'
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n. <美>汽车;
v. 开汽车,坐汽车;
💡 auto自动+mob动+ile表名词,物→自己动的车→汽车
"He is repairing the brake lever of an automobile."
他正在修理汽车的刹车杆.
近义:motorcar, auto, car, cart, motoring
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
n. (电子)计算机,电脑;
💡 com一起+put认为,思考+er表名词,物 → 帮助一起思考的机器 → 计算机
"The memory expansion cards are useful adjuncts to the computer."
内存扩充卡是计算机很有用的附件。
近义:software, computational, computing
vi. 爆[突]发,发怒;激增,迅速扩大;
vt. (使)爆炸;突然(发出巨响,活跃起来,迸发感情);推翻;驳倒;
💡 ex出+plode=plod鼓掌,击,大声音→出来大声音→爆炸
"Many boys explode firecrackers on the Fourth of July."
许多男孩子在7月4日那天放爆竹.
近义:pop, blast, blow, burst, detonate, erupt
反义:relax, relent, tranquilize, tranquillize, calm, tranquillise
adv. 一次,一趟;一倍;曾经;一旦;
conj. 一旦…就…;一经;
n. 一次,一回;
💡 on=one一+ce次 → 一次
"Once in the bloodstream, the bacteria adhere to the surface of the red cells."
细菌一进入血液里,就附着在红细胞表面上。
近义:heretofore, occasionally, onetime, previously, sometimes, thereinbefore
adj. 里面的,内部的;内幕的;内侧的;
n. 里面,内侧;内脏;内容,内幕;(道路或跑道拐弯处的)内侧;
adv. 在内地,在内部地;在内侧地;在监狱里;
prep. 在…以内;在内侧或内部;进入里面;
💡 in向内,进入+side边→内部,里面
"Beneath his brash exterior, he's still a little boy inside."
他外表盛气凌人,内心里还是个孩子。
近义:interior, indoor, inland, inner, internal, inward
反义:outside, outer, outward, exterior, external, abroad