BEC商務(wù)英語活學活用:Computer
作者:滬江英語
來源:網(wǎng)絡(luò)
2013-04-22 08:30
Ⅱ.單詞簡析
1) Fritz: slang word for something that is broken or not working properly
Fritz: 描述某物壞掉了或出現(xiàn)故障時的不正式說法
ex:My alarm clock is on the fritz and that is why I am late to work again.
我的鬧鐘壞了,所以我上班又遲到了。
2) Help Desk: a department in a company that can help you with any computer or printing problems
公司里專門幫助解決電腦或打印問題的部門
ex:The help desk staff in our company are always stressed out because the computers are old.
我們公司的電腦維修人員工作壓力一直很大,因為電腦太舊了。
3) Bug: a problem with a computer or computer software
電腦或電腦軟件出現(xiàn)的問題
ex:After we tested the new software, we found so many bugs that had to be fixed.
測試完新軟件后,我們發(fā)現(xiàn)有太多問題需要解決。
4) GIGO: Garbage In, Garbage Out. This is an old saying in computer programming. Computers can only do what you tell them and if you tell them the wrong thing, they will do the wrong thing.
無用輸入,無用輸出:電腦編程中的習慣說法。電腦只會按你的指示操作,如果你的指示是錯的,它們就會按錯誤指示去做。
ex:The help desk told me that my computer was working fine and the problem was caused by GIGO!
電腦維修人員說我的電腦運作正常,問題是由GIGO引起的。
5) Policies: rules that people should follow
人們應(yīng)當遵守的規(guī)則
ex:My company has a casual Friday dress policy so everyone wears relaxed clothing such as jeans and tee-shirts then.
我們公司規(guī)定星期五穿便裝,所以到時每個人都穿休閑服裝,比如牛仔服和T恤衫。
6) Virus: nasty software that can destroy or delete your computer's files
病毒,能毀掉或刪除你的電腦文檔的破壞性軟件
My computer got a virus from the Internet because I did not use the virus scanner carefully.
我的電腦從網(wǎng)上染上了病毒,因為我沒好好用查毒軟件。