Where a calculator on the ENIAC is equipped with 18,000 vacuum tubes and weighs 30 tons, computers in the future may have only 1,000 vaccuum tubes and perhaps weigh 1.5 tons.
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n. 计算器;计算者;计算图表;
💡 calcul计算 + ator 表示做...工作的物 → n.计算器,计算者
"Cross-check your answers with a calculator."
用计算器核对一下你的答案。
近义:reckoner, comptometer, estimator
n. 真空;空白;空虚;清洁;
v. 用真空吸尘器清扫;
💡 vac空+uum表名词 →空虚;真空
"Vacuum cleaners work by suction."
真空吸尘器靠抽吸除尘。
近义:hoover, void, blank
adv. 或许;(表示不确定)也许;(用于粗略的估计)或许;(表示勉强同意或其实不赞成)也许;
n. 假定;猜想;未定之事;
💡 per全部+hap机会,运气+s表复数→全是机会→也许,可能
"When you're done, perhaps I can say something."
等你说完,也许我可以说点什么。
近义:maybe, perchance, possibly, probably, haply
反义:indeed, assuredly, absolutely, sure, surely, undoubtedly
adj. 将来的,未来的;[语法学]将来时的;
n. 前途;[美国俚语]未婚妻;期货;
💡 futur- 【拉丁传入法语】表示将来的某种状态
"We all work hard in the interests of our future."
我们都为我们自己的将来而努力工作.
近义:next, oncoming, unborn, coming, forthcoming
反义:prior
vt. 称…的重量;权衡,考虑;用手掂估;使吃重;
vi. 具有重要性;重量为;起锚;成为…的重荷;
n. 权衡;称重量;
💡 音胃,胃用来称量米饭的 重量
"His remarks does not weigh with me at all."
他的话对我一点也不重要.
近义:scale, import, matter, signify, count, appraise
反义:slight, snub, underappraise, underestimate, underprice, underrate