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superstar
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超级明星(非常有名的演员、歌手、运动选手等) |
Welcome to my new smash hit, Superstars in History. |
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smash
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1. 成功的，有人气的，(2. 打碎，打破，3. 支离破碎) |
Welcome to my new smash hit, Superstars in History. |
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smash hit
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获得巨大成功的(书、歌曲、演出等) |
Welcome to my new smash hit, Superstars in History. |
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host
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1. 主持者，(2. 举办，主办(活动，会议等，3. 主人) |
I'm your host Faye Moss. |
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access
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1. (向场所、人等的)接近、进入，(2. 接近，进入) |
I'm the only talk show host in the world with access to history's biggest stars. |
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absolutely
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绝对地，完全地 |
You're going to be absolutely fascinated by my conversation with today's guest. |
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fascinated
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着迷的 |
You're going to be absolutely fascinated by my conversation with today's guest. |
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dramatically
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戏剧化地，戏剧性地 |
He started a famous company, dramatically left it, and made a huge comeback later on. |
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comeback
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恢复(原来的地位或人气) |
He started a famous company, dramatically left it, and made a huge comeback later on. |
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pioneer
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1. 先驱者，开拓者，(2. 开拓(未知天地、新领域)) |
He's a computer pioneer who changed the world again and again. |
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smartphone
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智能手机 |
Kids today will never know a world without smartphones or tablets. |
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tablet
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1. 平板电脑，(2. (木、石等制的)薄板，平板) |
Kids today will never know a world without smartphones or tablets. |
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device
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设备，装置 |
But you didn't have these devices when you were a kid. |
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childhood
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小时候 |
Tell me, what was your childhood like? |
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craftsmanship
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(技工等的)技巧，技术 |
My dad thought craftsmanship was really important. |
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sleek
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1. (样式)时髦的，敏捷的，(2. (毛发等)光滑的，有光泽的) |
I paid close attention to the design of each product too, making sure that everything looked sleek and was truly well made. |
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literature
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文学，文学作品 |
You had a wide range of interests in school— literature, philosophy, and music. |
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philosophy
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哲学 |
You had a wide range of interests in school—literature, philosophy, and music. |
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technology
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科学技术，科技 |
How did you become interested in technology? |
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electronics
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1. 电子产品(电视，电脑等), (2.电子工业) |
He wasn't great with electronics. |
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co-founder
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共同创立者 |
He was your co-founder at Apple, right? |
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prank
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恶作剧 |
The two of us liked playing pranks. |
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frustrate
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使...感到沮丧 |
Once Woz made a device that interrupted TV signals, which used to frustrate people so much! |
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blue box
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蓝盒子(可以用来免费拨打长途电话的非法装置) |
Eventually we figured out how to make a blue box too. |
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long-distance
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长距离的 |
This tricked phone lines into making expensive long-distance calls for free, illegally. |
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illegally
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不法地 |
This tricked phone lines into making expensive long-distance calls for free, illegally. |
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complicated
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复杂的，结构复杂的 |
Those devices sound pretty complicated. |
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drop out
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1. (中途)退学，(2. 退出) |
After high school, I tried going to college but dropped out after a semester. |
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required
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(学科)必修的 |
I didn't like taking the required courses. |
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hobbyist
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沉溺于某种癖好者 |
I also joined a club with Woz for computer hobbyists. |
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monitor
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(电视、电脑)萤幕，画面 |
Where's the monitor? |
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take off
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1. 腾飞，突然成功，(2. (飞机等其他飞行器)起飞) |
The Apple II was one of the first home computers, and when we started selling it, our company took off. |
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on-screen
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在屏幕上，在银幕上 |
I developed the Macintosh, a great new computer that showed pictures on-screen and used a mouse. |
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failure
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失败，失败者，失败的作品(尝试、经验) |
It wasn't a failure, but it wasn't the success we had hoped for. |
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competitor
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竞争者，比赛对手 |
By then other computers were available, and Apple lost its share of the market to competitors. |
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board
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1. 委员会，理事会，(2. 上(船、车、飞机等)，3. 包饭，供...膳宿) |
The board of directors had grown unhappy with my performance as well. |
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board of directors
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董事会 |
The board of directors had grown unhappy with my performance as well. |
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betrayed
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被背叛的 |
You must have felt angry and betrayed. |
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benefit
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1. 对……有益，有益于，(2. 利益，好处，3. 慈善活动) |
I was upset but later realized that I benefited from the change. |
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software
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软件 |
We were developing software that Apple wanted. |
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profitable
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(事业等)有利可图的，可获利的 |
Apple wasn't very profitable when you returned in 1997. |
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vision
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1. 幻象，幻想，(2. 视野，视力) |
There wasn't much focus or vision. |
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core
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1. 核心的，最主要的，(2. 中心部分，地核，3. 水果核) |
I decided we should work on a few core projects that we could do well. |
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household
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1. 家族，家庭，(2. 家族的，家庭的) |
In 1997 only 37 percent of households in the US had a computer. |
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release
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1. 发表，发行，(2. 释放，解放，3. 放出，排出) |
In 1998 we released our answer to that question. |
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all-in-one
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一体式的，多功能的 |
It was an all-in-one computer, ready to use almost right out of the box. |
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purchase
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1. 购买，采购，(2. 购得的物品) |
32 percent of those buyers were purchasing a computer for the first time. |
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ahead of one's time
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具有超前意识，思想超越同时代的人 |
Obviously, your early work at Apple was ahead of its time. |
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innovative
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革新性的，创造力丰富的 |
But by the 2000s, you were in the right place at the right time, producing innovative new products. |
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exclusive
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独有的，专属的 |
And thank you, everyone, for watching my exclusive interview with Steve Jobs. |
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launch
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1. 推出(新产品)，(2. 发射(火箭、导弹等)，3. 使(新船)首次下水) |
The last major product he launched at Apple was the iPad in 2010. |
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cancer
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恶性肿瘤，癌症 |
He had cancer at the time, but he kept on working. |
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resign
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辞职 |
Finally he became too ill to work and resigned from his day-to-day duties in 2011. |
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day-to-day
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日常的，每天的 |
Finally he became too ill to work and resigned from his day-to-day duties in 2011. |
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duty
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1. 任务，(2. 义务，责任) |
Finally he became too ill to work and resigned from his day-to-day duties in 2011. |
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impact
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影响，冲击 |
He certainly made a huge impact on technology, as well as our everyday lives. |