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>汽車;
v. 開汽車,坐汽車;
?? auto自動+mob動+ile表名詞,物→自己動的車→汽車
"He is repairing the brake lever of an automobile."
他正在修理汽車的剎車桿.
近義:motorcar, auto, car, cart, motoring
n. 發展,進化;被發展的狀態;新生事物,新產品;開發區;
?? develop發展+ment表名詞 →發展發達,發展
"The development was bitterly opposed by the local community."
這一開發項目遭到了當地社區的憤怒抵制。
近義:progress, unfoldment, upgrowth, evolution, evolvement, growth
反義:backwardness, underdevelopment, atrophy, degeneracy, degeneration
n. (電子)計算機,電腦;
?? com一起+put認為,思考+er表名詞,物 → 幫助一起思考的機器 → 計算機
"The memory expansion cards are useful adjuncts to the computer."
內存擴充卡是計算機很有用的附件。
近義:software, computational, computing
vi. 爆[突]發,發怒;激增,迅速擴大;
vt. (使)爆炸;突然(發出巨響,活躍起來,迸發感情);推翻;駁倒;
?? ex出+plode=plod鼓掌,擊,大聲音→出來大聲音→爆炸
"Many boys explode firecrackers on the Fourth of July."
許多男孩子在7月4日那天放爆竹.
近義:pop, blast, blow, burst, detonate, erupt
反義:relax, relent, tranquilize, tranquillize, calm, tranquillise
adv. 一次,一趟;一倍;曾經;一旦;
conj. 一旦…就…;一經;
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."
細菌一進入血液里,就附著在紅細胞表面上。
近義:heretofore, occasionally, onetime, previously, sometimes, thereinbefore
adj. 里面的,內部的;內幕的;內側的;
n. 里面,內側;內臟;內容,內幕;(道路或跑道拐彎處的)內側;
adv. 在內地,在內部地;在內側地;在監獄里;
prep. 在…以內;在內側或內部;進入里面;
?? in向內,進入+side邊→內部,里面
"Beneath his brash exterior, he's still a little boy inside."
他外表盛氣凌人,內心里還是個孩子。
近義:interior, indoor, inland, inner, internal, inward
反義:outside, outer, outward, exterior, external, abroad