乔布斯传 第649期:多点触控(6)

A lot of features that seem simple now were the result of creative brainstorms¹.

很多现在看似简单的功能，都是当时创意头脑风暴的结果。

For example, the team worried about how to prevent the device from playing music or making a call accidentally when it was jangling in your pocket.

例如，手机团队担心手机放在口袋里不小心碰到会播放音乐或拨号，他们就会思考如何解决这个问题。

Jobs was congenitally averse² to having on-off switches, which he deemed "inelegant."

乔布斯打心眼儿里讨厌开关切换，他觉得这样“不优美”。

The solution was "Swipe to Open," the simple and fun on -screen slider that activated⁴ the device when it had gone dormant⁵.

解决方案是“滑过打开”，屏幕上简单有趣的滑块，用来激活处于休眠中的机器。

Another breakthrough was the sensor⁶ that figured out when you put the phone to your ear,

另一个突破是，在用户打电话的时候，传感器能够作出判断，

so that your lobes⁷ didn't accidentally activate³ some function.

从而避免出现耳朵意外激活某些功能的问题。

And of course the icons⁸ came in his favorite shape,

当然，图标都是按照乔布斯最喜爱的形状进行设计的，

the primitive⁹ he made Bill Atkinson design into the software of the first Macintosh: rounded rectangles.

这是比尔·阿特金森为第一款麦金塔电脑设计的软件形状：圆角矩形。

In session after session, with Jobs immersed in every detail, the team members figured out ways to simplify what other phones made complicated.

会议一个接一个，乔布斯参与到每个细节的讨论之中，团队成员们成功想出简化手机其他复杂功能的方法。

They added a big bar to guide you in putting calls on hold or making conference calls,

他们添加了一个大指示条，用户可以选择保持通话或进行电话会议；

found easy ways to navigate¹⁰ through email, and created icons you could scroll¹¹ through horizontally to get to different apps

找到了一种浏览电子邮件的简单方法；创造了能够横向滚动的图标，用户可以选择启动不同的应用程序，

all of which were easier because they could be used visually on the screen rather than by using a keyboard built into the hardware.

这些改进使得手机更加易于使用，因为用户可以直观地在屏幕上进行操作，而无需使用物理键盘。

1 brainstorms   

脑猝病( brainstorm的名词复数 )； 计上心头； 突来的灵感； 集体研讨

参考例句：

2 averse   

adj.厌恶的；反对的，不乐意的

参考例句：

• I don't smoke cigarettes,but I'm not averse to the occasional cigar.我不吸烟，但我不反对偶尔抽一支雪茄。
• We are averse to such noisy surroundings.我们不喜欢这么吵闹的环境。

3 activate   

vt.使活动起来，使开始起作用

参考例句：

• We must activate the youth to study.我们要激励青年去学习。
• These push buttons can activate the elevator.这些按钮能启动电梯。

4 activated   

adj. 激活的 动词activate的过去式和过去分词

参考例句：

• The canister is filled with activated charcoal.蒸气回收罐中充满了活性炭。

5 dormant   

adj.暂停活动的；休眠的；潜伏的

参考例句：

• Many animals are in a dormant state during winter.在冬天许多动物都处于睡眠状态。
• This dormant volcano suddenly fired up.这座休眠火山突然爆发了。

6 sensor   

n.传感器，探测设备，感觉器（官）

参考例句：

• The temperature sensor is enclosed in a protective well.温度传感器密封在保护套管中。
• He plugged the sensor into a outlet.他把传感器插进电源插座。

7 lobes   

n.耳垂( lobe的名词复数 )；（器官的）叶；肺叶；脑叶

参考例句：

• The rotor has recesses in its three faces between the lobes. 转子在其凸角之间的三个面上有凹槽。 来自辞典例句
• The chalazal parts of the endosperm containing free nuclei forms several lobes. 包含游离核的合点端胚乳部分形成几个裂片。 来自辞典例句

8 icons   

n.偶像( icon的名词复数 )；（计算机屏幕上表示命令、程序的）符号，图像

参考例句：

• Distinguish important text items in lists with graphic icons. 用图标来区分重要的文本项。 来自About Face 3交互设计精髓
• Daemonic icons should only be employed persistently if they provide continuous, useful status information. 只有会连续地提供有用状态信息的情况下，后台应用程序才应该一直使用图标。 来自About Face 3交互设计精髓

9 primitive   

adj.原始的；简单的；n.原(始)人，原始事物

参考例句：

• It is a primitive instinct to flee a place of danger.逃离危险的地方是一种原始本能。
• His book describes the march of the civilization of a primitive society.他的著作描述了一个原始社会的开化过程。

10 navigate   

v.航行，飞行；导航，领航

参考例句：

• He was the first man to navigate the Atlantic by air.他是第一个飞越大西洋的人。
• Such boats can navigate on the Nile.这种船可以在尼罗河上航行。

11 scroll   

n.卷轴，纸卷；(石刻上的)漩涡

参考例句：

• As I opened the scroll,a panorama of the Yellow River unfolded.我打开卷轴时，黄河的景象展现在眼前。
• He was presented with a scroll commemorating his achievements.他被授予一幅卷轴，以表彰其所做出的成就。