PETS-2语法讲解(279)
My computer won't boot up.
对 话 Hank: Could you help me with my computer?
Gene: Why, what's the matter?
Hank: Well my computer won't boot up.
Gene: Is it switched on at the wall?
Hank: Well I'm not that stupid.
Gene: OK, let me get at it and I'll see what I can do.
Hank: Do you think it could be something serious?
Gene: I hope not, but it could be, like a hard disk failure for example.
汉克:可以帮我弄弄这台计算机吗?
吉恩:哦,有什么问题? 汉克:计算机无法启动。
吉恩:墙上的开关开了没有?
汉克:我还不至于那么愚蠢。
吉恩:好吧,待我试试,看能不能把它弄妥。
汉克:你看,计算机是不是出了大问题?
吉恩:希望不是,但也未必没有可能。比如说,可能是硬盘出现故障。
你的计算机无法启动,英文可以说:My computer won't boot up/boot/start up/start。计算机启动时会发出‘叽’一声,所以boot其实是个拟声字(onomatopoeia)。
Boot (up)和start (up)用法相同;计算机作boot (up)或start (up)的主词(subject)或受词(object)都可以,例如:(1) My computer takes less than one minute to boot (up)(我的计算机一分钟之内就可以启动)。(2) I booted (up) my computer and started to work(我启动计算机,开始工作)。
有时,由于死机或其它原因,你要重新启动计算机,英文叫reboot,例如:(1) The computer must be rebooted after you have changed your user ID/user name(你更改用户名称之后,必须重新启动计算机)。(2) The computer will reboot, and you will see a new log-in prompt(计算机重新启动之后,你会看到新的登入提示)。除了reboot,你还可说restart,例如:Restarting the (computer) system will mean that what you have not saved will be lost(重新开机,你未保存的一切就会消失)。
计算机启动之后,往往还要‘登入’某个网页,这叫做log in或log on,例如:Somebody must have changed the password. I cannot log in/on to our home page(一定是有人更改了密码,我无法登入我们网页)。
‘注销’是log off或log out,注销后‘关机’叫shut down the computer,例如:After saving the file, I closed it, logged off/out, and shut down the computer(我存盘、关闭了档案,就注销计算机系统,然后关机)。
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