微型科技大突破 ── 到底還可以變多小? How Small Can Technology Get? (上) JAN 17,2023/Analytical Editors
Over the decades, computers have permeated our lives to an astonishing degree. When the first modern computer was conceptualized and built in the 20th century, it was so large that it took up a whole room. Over time, the technology shrank. First, computers became small enough to sit on a desk and be brought into the home. Then, they were made lightweight and portable, giving us the laptop. Today, most people have something even smaller: a smartphone that can fit into a pocket. Though that's as compact as most people are used to, computers and technology are getting even tinier!... .
幾十年來,電腦充斥在我們的生活中幾乎已到了無處不在的程度。在二十世紀,人們構想並建造出第一臺現代電腦時,其體積大到占據了一整個房間。隨著時間的推移,電腦科技越變越小。首先,電腦尺寸變小到能夠被放置在桌上,且能被人們帶回家中。接著,它們變得輕巧且方便攜帶,為我們提供了筆記型電腦。如今,大多數人擁有更小的電腦科技:可以放入口袋中的智慧型手機。儘管大多數人習慣了那樣小巧的電腦科技,但電腦和科技仍持續變得越來越小!... - astonishing a. 驚人的,令人驚訝的
- take up... 占去...(空間或時間)
- shrink vi. 縮小,縮水
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