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Monday, January 18, 2021

讀書會筆記 7. Robots of 50 Things that Made the Modern Economy

句子

It's not the only robot that can pick a bottle off a shelf, but it's as close as robots have yet come to performing this seemingly simply task as speedily and dexterously as a good old-fashioned human. 

句型分析 

有兩個比較句型 as...as 

第一個是比較:能拿瓶子的機器人和理想中的機器人

robot that can pick a bottle off a shelf .....is as close as robots have yet come to .. 

第二個比較:理想中機器人和一般靈活的人類

意思:那並非唯一能夠從架子上拿取瓶子的機器人,但是目前還沒有任何機器人能夠跟人類媲美迅速靈巧地執行這個看似簡單的任務,這個機器人已經是最接近人類的了。

片語與單字

1. have yet to do something= have not done something 。

have yet to 是非常正式的用法,常見在官方文件,可以參考這個網路文章https://englishforuniversity.com/grammar/have-yet-to/

2. 有趣字源

dexterous 是靈活的意思,在拉丁文dextar 指的是右邊,sinister 指的是左邊。

但是因為在打仗或搏鬥時,若是對手是左撇子,常常又讓大部分的右撇子錯估情勢,所以sinister 發展出邪惡的意思。這讓我想到台語的右手是正手,而左手是反手。

3. 左撇子說法

右撇子常見的說法是 right-handed ,而左撇子是leaf-handed。

那可以兩手互用是 ambidextrous 。ambidextrous 可以根據字元拆解為

ambi=> both, around , dextrous skillful 靈活 

最後慣用手是dominant hand  直譯支配的手



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