科技话题
- something of a novelty 新鲜的东西
eg: Then the internet was still something of a novelty.
那时因特网还是个挺新鲜的东西。 - a step change 重大的变化
eg: There is a step change taking place in communications technology.
通讯技术取得了重大的变化。 - taking place 发生
- embrace 迎接
- when it arrives 问世
eg: They'll be ready to embrace the new technology when it arrives. - shaken up 重大调整
eg: Technological changes have shaken up many industries.
科技革新令许多产业发生了重大调整。 - grossly overestimated 被大大高估了
eg: The benefits of nuclear technology, she said, had been grossly overestimated.
她说，核技术的好处被大大高估了。 - increasingly 日益
- enslaved by 成为...的奴隶
eg: We are increasingly enslaved by technology.
我们日益成为科技的奴隶。 - shrewd 敏感，精明
- Online retailers 电商 = e-commerce giant
- pick up 跟上 = catch up with
- cater to consumers' needs 迎合顾客需求
eg: Shrewd Chinese online retailers are always quick to pick up the latest trends and cater to consumers' needs.
敏感的中国电商总能很快跟上最新潮流，迎合消费者的口味。 - provide a long-term solution to... 长远地解决
eg: The association believes new technology will provide a long-term solution to credit card fraud.
该协会相信新技术将可长远地解决信用卡诈骗问题。 - reduce the need to... 减少...需要
eg: Technological advances in computing and telecommunications will reduce the need for many people to travel to work.
随着电脑及通讯技术的进步，许多人将不必再出门上班了。 - The pervasiveness of something ...非常流行
- reshape 重塑
eg: The pervasiveness of digital gadgets in our daily life is reshaping the way we live.
我们生活中无处不在的电子设备正在重塑我们的生活方式。 - make... a more usable and accessible technology 使...变为更可用、更便利的技术
eg: This device helps make virtual reality a more usable and accessible technology.
这一装置有助于使虚拟现实成为更可用、更便利的技术。 - transform 改变
- the advent of 随着...到来
eg: Life in Britain was transformed by the advent of the steam engine.
蒸汽机的出现使英国人的生活发生了翻天覆地的变化。 - be slow to 对...表现迟缓
- pick up trends 跟上潮流
eg: Consumers in Europe are slow to pick up trends in the use of information technology.
欧洲消费者在跟上信息技术应用的潮流上表现迟缓。 - take over 取代...; 收购
- manual jobs 体力工作
eg: Computer-controlled robots are taking over manual jobs in many industries. - One cannot fail to notice that 谁都能看到...
eg: One cannot fail to notice that a digital revolution is taking place in many parts of the world.
谁都能看到数字革命正在全球的很多角落发生。 - deal a mortal blow to 给...致命一击
- make sb's voice heard 给...发声的机会
eg: The internet has dealt a mortal blow to traditional mass media, and at the same time it has provided opportunities for ordinary people to make their voices heard.
互联网给了大众传媒致命一击，同时为普通人提供了发声的机会。 - the nature of :...的本质
- alter 改变
change 强调彻底改变，alter强调局部改变,例如 alter a dress 是对衣服加以改动
而 change a dress 则是根本不穿它，换另一件。不过，alter偶尔也可以指变为另一物的“更换”，但仍然指对本身的改动以至于变成另一物，而不是简单的不要这个要那个。例如：alter the storeroom into a bedroom 把储藏室改成卧室。
eg: The advances in communications altered the nature of information processing.
通讯技术的进步使信息处理发生了质的改变。
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lag far behind...in... ： 在...远远落后于某人，behind后引出“比较者”，in后引出“比较的话题”
eg: We still lag far behind many of our modern messaging service competitors in using modern technology.
我们在运用现代技术方面仍然远远落后于我们的许多竞争对手。 -
modern communications 现代通讯手段
eg: modern communications are enabling more people to work from home.
现代通讯手段使越来越多的人能在家里工作。 -
come a long way 取得了长足的进步
eg: Information technology has come a long way in the last twenty years.
资讯技术在过去20年里取得了长足的进步。 -
expose 揭露，使公开
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fallcay n.谬见
常用搭配： the fallacy of sth "...的谬见"
It is a fallacy that ... "...是一种谬见"
eg: It exposes the fallacy of short-term industrial gain at long-term environmental expense.
这暴露了以长久的环境破坏为代价换取短期工业利益的错误。 -
gain n.利益。 前面可以和以下形容词搭配：
commercial、economic、financial、material、monetary、political、military. -
at the expense of sb / at sb's expense 表示“以牺牲...的利益为代价”
eg: But skeptics worry that costs may be trimmed at the expense of the patient
但是持怀疑态度的人担心费用的削减会以牺牲病人的利益为代价。
at the expense of sth "以...为代价"
eg: They are worth having but not at the expense of better services.
它们值得拥有，但是不能因此放弃更好的服务。 -
make great/considerable/enormous strides in 取得了巨大进步
eg: Scientists have made great strides in working out how cancer cells conduct their war on the body.
科学家们对肿瘤细胞如何在人类身上肆虐作战的研究取得了很大进展。 -
work out 计算出;想出，理解(主要用于英式英语中，美式英语主要用figure out)
eg: It is proving hard to work out the value of bankrupt firms' assets.
清算破产公司的资产值其实很困难。
eg: There will be a full investigation to work out what caused the accident.
将进行全面的调查，以找出事故发生的原因。 -
conduct vt.组织，进行，实施
eg: We are conducting a survey to find out what our customers think of their local bus service.
我们正在进行一项调查，了解顾客对当地公共交通服务系统的看法。
- 通常在和war搭配时，我们会选用wage或declare作为动词，表示“开始”，而conduct还包含"过程"(carry out, perform)的语义，此处最好的替换词应该是fight。