系統:system有幾種意思
I was lucky enough to be born in a time and place where society values my talent, and gave me a good education to develop that talent, and set up the laws and the financial system to let me do what I love doing — and make a lot of money doing it.
——Warren Edward Buffett
很幸運的是,我出生的很是時候,社會看重我的天賦,還給了我受到良好教育的機會,並且設定了法律和經濟系統讓我能大展身手並且賺了很多錢。
——沃倫·巴菲特
一、你知道system有幾種含義嗎?
n.
1.體系,系統;分類法;組織 a regularly interacting or interdependent group of items forming a unified whole
It was an intricate and ingenious system.
這是一個複雜而精緻的體系。
2.設備,裝置 a group of devices or artificial objects or an organization forming a network especially for distributing something or serving a common purpose
The heating system has recently been modified to make it more efficient.
最近供暖設備已稍加改動以提高效率。
3.制度;主義 organized set of ideas or theories or a particular way of doing sth
Public opinion was against the old feudal system.
公衆輿論反對舊的封建制度。
4.方式;方法;作業方法 an organized or established procedure
He ventured to reprobate that common system.
他很大膽地擯棄了一般常用的那種方式。
5.身體,全身;機體 a group of body organs that together perform one or more vital functions
Too much tea is bad for the system.
喝茶過多有害身體。
二、接下來,做個填詞遊戲吧
We have to weigh the cost of the new ______ against the benefits it will bring.
我們必須權衡一下起用新系統所需的成本和它將帶來的效益。