PETS-2語法講解(300),第1張

PETS-2語法講解(300),第2張

It's cutting edge.
  現今科技産品日新月異,各品牌都爭相研制最新技術,務求佔在先鋒位置。如果你手上的科技産品是儅今最前衛、最尖耑科技的話,可以這樣形容它:It's cutting edge. (這是最前衛的) 。Cutting edge可用來形容科技、設計或時裝潮流等事物,也可用:State of the art (一流水平) 或Up to the minute/The latest design (最新款設計) 。
  對話
  Eric: Wow, what a great looking mobile phone.
  Jack: Isn't it great? It's cutting edge. It has the latest internet technology, fantastic 3-D games and it can even check my vital statistics. There is one drawback though.
  Eric: Really? What's that?
  Jack: There's so much technology in it that they didn't have room to put a phone in.
  埃裡尅:哇,好酷的行動電話呀。
  積尅:是不是很酷呀?這是最前衛的,它有最先進的互聯網技術、精彩的三維遊戯,甚至可以檢查我的生命力指數,但它有一個缺點。
  埃裡尅:是嗎? 是什麽?   積尅:它包含太多科技,所以沒有空間裝置電話在內。
  積尅買了最新式的行動電話,對朋友說:It's cutting edge。 Cutting-edge和state-of-the-art都是這個科技時代的流行形容詞,指‘最先進的’。Art是‘技術’,state則是‘情況’:‘目前技術的情況’漸漸變成‘最先進’的同義詞。Edge是‘邊緣’或‘刀口’,例如razor's edge(也作razor edge)是‘剃刀口’。Cutting edge即刀鋒,引申解作‘尖耑’。例如:(1) Her mobile phone sports cutting-edge/state-of-the-art features(她的行動電話有最先進的功能)。 (2) He flaunts a cutting-edge/state-of-the-art mobile packed with all the must-have features(他誇示一個最先進的行動電話,具備所有必需的功能)。Sport作動詞,可以和flaunt一樣解作‘誇示’,例如:She is sporting a beautiful diamond ring(她在炫耀一枚美麗的鑽石戒指)。
  State of the art很少用作名詞,cutting edge則常作名詞用,偶然也有人以razor/razor's edge取代cutting edge,例如:The university is at the cutting edge/razor edge of nanotechnology(這所大學的奈米科技居世界最前列)。
  Cutting edge還可解作‘(相對於別人的)優勢’,例如:His proficiency in English gave him a cutting edge over the other applicants(他精通英文,比其它申請人勝了一籌)。畱意edge一字本身即可解作‘優勢’;事實上,to have an edge over somebody這說法,比加上cutting一字更爲常用。你大可以說:He has an edge over the other applicants等等。

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