This 'telephone' has too many shortcomings to be seriously considered as a means of communication. The device is inherently of no value to us.
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n. 電話;電話機;（電話機的）話筒;受話器;
vt.& vi. 以電話傳送（消息），給（某人）打電話;用電話與（某人）交談;
?? tele遠，傳送+phone聲音→遠方聲音傳過來 → 電話
"The telephone was out of order, but is functional now."
電話剛才壞了, 但現在可以用了.
近義：phone, call, blower, telephonic
adv. 認真地;嚴肅地;嚴重地;
?? serious嚴肅的 + ly ...地→ adv. 認真地；嚴重地，嚴肅地
"Her father is seriously ill in St Luke's hospital."
她父親住在圣路加醫院，病情很重。
近義：owlishly, responsibly, unsmilingly, earnestly, gravely
反義：casually
n. 通訊，通信;交流;書信;傳達;
?? com共同+muni交流+cat=cate表動詞 + ion表名詞 → communicat(e)溝通 + ion表名詞 → 通訊；傳達；交通
"a classic example of poor communication"
缺乏有效溝通的典型實例
近義：intercommunication, intercourse, telling, broadcasting, advertisement, disclosure
n. 裝置，設備;方法;策略;手段;
?? de(dis-=apart)+vice(see)→發明物；圖案；策略
"Players use a haptic device such as a joystick to control the game."
游戲者用游戲桿之類的觸覺設備玩游戲。
近義：motto, apparatus, appliance, implement, jigger, artefact
n. 價值，價格;意義，涵義;重要性;（郵票的）面值;
vt. 評價;重視，看重;估價，給…定價;
?? val(strong)+ue(名詞后綴)→價值；估價；尊重
"The main criterion is value for money."
主要的標準是錢要用得劃算。
近義：appreciate, prize, regard, relish, respect, treasure
反義：snub, coldshoulder
n. 方法（ mean的名詞復數）;手段;收入;財富;
v. 意味著（ mean的第三人稱單數）;引起;打算或注定要某人成為或做某事;
"The inquiry is by no means cut and dried."
調查之事遠未蓋棺定論。
近義：approach, manner, method, mode, process, strategy