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2021年衡水中学高中英语《经济学人》外刊新高考培优讲义[03-04]
作文素材阅读理解语法词汇拓展积累
(含词汇讲解、长难句解析、翻译技巧、背景知识、写作积累:均由阿满编写)
原文(续[03-03])
One way to understand AI’s potential impact is to look at databases. From the 1980s these made it cheap to store information, pull out insights and handle cognitive tasks such as inventory management. Databases powered the first generation of software; AI will make the next far more predictive and responsive, says Frank Chen of Andreessen Horowitz, a venture-capital firm. An application such as Google’s Gmail, which scans the content of e-mails and suggests quick, one-touch replies on mobile devices, is an early example of what could be coming.
要了解AI的潜在影响,可以看看数据库。自20世纪80年代开始,数据库降低了存储信息、发掘洞见和执行库存管理等认知任务的成本。数据库推动了第一代软件的发展,而风险投资公司安德森霍洛维茨(Andreessen Horowitz )的弗兰克•陈(Frank Chen )表不,AI将让下一代软件的预测性和响应能力大幅提局。谷歌的邮箱应用Gmail初步彰显了AI应用的未来:它可以扫描电子邮件的内容,在移动设备上提供快速的一键回复选项。
词汇讲解
· pull out insights
文中释义:发掘洞见
pull out在实际使用中会有很多引申义,比如“离开” (leave) 和“撤退” (withdraw) 等。但在文中这里当字面义理解就好,即是将insights从重重数据中“拽”(pull) 出来 (out)。
pull out insights在数据分析 (data analysis) 和机器学习 (machine learning) 这类话题的科技类文章中是比较常见的搭配。
· We integrate data from a variety of sources, rapidly visualize the information, analyze it to pull out the insights, predict what will happen next, and then prescribe the best actions to optimize business results.
· The real value of data and analytics lie in their ability to deliver rich insights. You can have mountains of data points, but you need to be able to digest and organize that data in a way that allows you to pull out valuable insights, or else it’s all worthless.
· handle cognitive tasks
文中释义:执行(处理)认知任务
handle相关同义词拓展
deal with, cope with, dispose of, manage, handle这些动词或短语都包含“处理”的含义。
· deal with既可指处理具体事情,也可指处理或解决具有抽象意义的问题。
· cope with指成功地处理或对付更为重大,更为严重的问题或事物。
· dispose of与deal with同义,普通用法。
· manage指处理日常事务与工作,也可指经营管理。
· handle从原义“手柄”,转引申为作“处理”解时,其内涵是管理和操纵。
· inventory management
· “库存管理” (Inventory Management) 也作“库存控制”(inventory control),是对制造业或服务业生产、经营全过程的各种物品,产成品以及其他资源