(1) technique意思是“技术,技巧,方法”,指音乐、绘画、写作方面的技巧;也可指“熟练做某事的技术方法”。既可作不可数名词,表示技术、技巧的总称,也可作可数名词,表示具体的技术和方法。
- Chinese painting requires great technique .
中国画需要极高的绘画技巧。 - They adopted a newly developed advanced technique to treat the disease.
他们采用了一项新研发的先进方法来治疗这种疾病。
(2) ①technology意为“(工业)技术、工艺(学)”,指在工业和机器制造等方面对科学技术的实际应用,用此义时,为不可数名词,如:the technology of computers/printing/plastics。
- Modern life depends on good technology .
现代生活依靠高新技术。
②technology还表示“方法、技术(工艺)水平”,既可用作可数名词,又可用作不可数名词。
- They have adopted a new technology for extracting petroleum from shale.
他们已采用了一项从页岩中提取石油的新技术。 - How good is the technology of these machines?
这些机器的工艺水平有多高? - The very low level of technology on the part of the workers must be raised to make the factory prosper.
要使工厂兴旺发达,工人极低的技术水平必须提高。 - It has been claimed that the technologies shown by some early civilizations could only have been learned from people from another planet.
据称,某些早期文明所显示的技术只可能从外星人那里学习到。
