A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
设备
Device
The most efficient labor-saving device is still money.
最有效的节省劳力的方法还是钱。
I was lucky because logarithmic plots are a device of the devil.
我很幸运，因为对数图是魔鬼的诡计。
Corporation: An ingenious device for obtaining profit without individual responsibility.
公司:一种不需个人承担责任而获取利润的巧妙手段。
Nonfiction that uses novelistic devices and strategies to shape the work. That's material that I really like.
运用小说手法和策略来塑造作品的非小说类作品。那是我非常喜欢的材料。
A portal is a transitionary device of sight or sound that functions as a sort of third gravitating body between the this and the that, pulling us toward itself, allowing us to bridge into the unknown from the known.
门户是一种视觉或听觉的过渡装置，其功能类似于“这个”和“那个”之间的第三个引力体，将我们拉向自己，让我们从已知走向未知。
The desktop metaphor was invented because one, you were a stand-alone device, and two, you had to manage your own storage. That's a very big thing in a desktop world. And that may go away. You may not have to manage your own storage. You may not store much before too long.
桌面的隐喻之所以被发明出来，是因为首先，你是一个独立的设备，其次，你必须管理自己的存储。这在桌面世界是一件大事。这可能会消失。您可能不需要管理自己的存储。过不了多久，你可能就储存不了多少了。