不同的網,不同的詞
大家對“網絡”的英語詞一定不陌生:
The Internet
The web
關鍵是不要忘記定冠詞”the”.
Who can live without the internet? 誰離得開網絡?
說到Wifi,泛指時則不需要用the:
Are you connected to wifi? 你連上無線網絡了嗎?
如果是描述特定的一個wifi網絡,以及與之相關的信息,就要用the:
What’s the wifi password here? 這里的無線網絡密碼是什么?
Data: 流量
Data plan: 流量套餐
Data plans have become significantly cheaper in the past few years: 過去幾年里,流量套餐便宜了很多
Roaming: 漫游
Don’t forget to activate roaming before you travel: 出行前別忘了開通漫游
斷網
英語里有不少常用的說法來描述“斷網”:
Down: 網段了,常形容持續時間久的網絡故障
My internet was down for the whole day: 我網斷了一天
The entire wifi service is down. We don’t know when it’ll be fixed: 整個wifi服務都中斷了,不知道什么時候才能修好
Cut out: 中斷了,多用于描述短暫、間歇性的問題
Sorry, I didn’t hear what you said. My internet cut out: 對不起,我沒聽見你說的。我的網剛斷了
Could you repeat what you just said? You were cutting out for a minute: 你介意再重復一下嗎?你的網絡剛才斷了
Dropped: 網絡中斷,通常也是短暫的問題
My internet just dropped. It seems to be working now: 我的網剛才斷了。現在感覺正常了
Let’s wait for a second. Grace’s connection just dropped: 我們先等一下吧。Grace斷網了
Get disconnected: 連接中斷,通常也比較短暫。而且常是被動式,除非是你自己有意切斷網絡
Are you still online? I just got disconnected: 你還在線嗎?我剛才斷網了
Our video conference just got disconnected. Let’s bring everyone in again: 我們的視頻會議剛斷線了,我們再加大家一下
Lost: 沒網了
I was in the middle of an interview when I lost my internet connection. What a nightmare! 我面試到一半,突然沒網了。太倒霉了!
I lost my wifi connection a few times this week. I should call customer support: 我這周斷網好幾次了,應該找客服
Having trouble: 連不上網。原因可以多種多樣,可能是網的問題、也有可能是設備的問題、或者你不知道怎么連
I’m having so much trouble with my wifi. It’s so frustrating: 我網絡一直有問題。煩死人了!
I’m having trouble getting online. What about you? 我連不上網,你呢?
網卡
同樣也有幾個不同的常用表達:
1) Choppy: 源自動詞chop(切),斷斷續續的,像被切成一截一截的
Sorry, I missed what you said. The connection is really choppy: 不好意思,我沒聽見你說的。網絡連接斷斷續續的
The wifi is so choppy. Can’t stream anything: wifi斷斷續續,在線什么都看不了
2)Laggy: 滯后的、卡頓的;
The live stream was very laggy. I could barely hear what the host was saying: 直播非常卡, 我都聽不清主播在說什么
The video is super laggy. Let’s switch to audio instead: 視頻太卡了,我們轉成語音吧
3)Lag: laggy的名詞,也是滯后、卡頓的意思
Do you mind slowing down? There is a lag: 你能說慢一點嗎?有些滯后
4)In and out: 時有時無
The wifi keeps going in and out. It’s frustrating: wifi一會兒有一會兒沒有,太煩了
5)Spotty: 星星點點,不流暢
I’ll be hiking in the mountains. The cell coverage might be very spotty: 我要去爬山,手機信號覆蓋大概不太好
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