technology
technology — 名詞
1. the use of scientific knowledge to design and create tools, machines, and system
科技；技術
科學知識在產業等領域的實際應用
the use of scientific knowledge to design and create tools, machines, and systems that make everyday tasks easier or help solve practical problems
Modern technology has completely changed the way people communicate across long distances.
現代科技已徹底改變人們長距離溝通的方式。
uncountable noun + singular verb agreement
The school invested in new technology to help students learn more effectively.
那所學校投資新科技，幫助學生更有效地學習。
Advances in medical technology allow doctors to detect diseases much earlier than before.
醫療科技的進步讓醫生能夠比以往更早發現疾病。
Nia works for a company that develops technology for renewable energy systems.
Nia 在一家開發再生能源科技的公司工作。
It took centuries of technology to turn the smartphone into what it is today.
智慧型手機發展到今天的模樣，是歷經數百年科技累積的結果。
- engineering
focuses on designing and building structures/machines; narrower than technology
- innovation
emphasises new ideas and inventions; more abstract than technology
- applied science
formal; highlights the scientific basis of technology
- nature
what exists without human intervention or design
文法句型
technology + verb (singular agreement)
用法筆記
In this sense technology is uncountable and takes a singular verb. Use the + technology for the general field (e.g. the impact of technology on society).
常見錯誤
2. a specific device, system, or method that has been created using scientific know
科技產品
運用科學知識製造的具體設備或方法
a specific device, system, or method that has been created using scientific knowledge to perform a particular function
The hospital introduced a new scanning technology that produces clearer images of the brain.
那家醫院引進了一項新的掃描技術，能產出更清晰的大腦影像。
countable: 'a new scanning technology'
Farmers in the region are adopting water-saving technologies to cope with the drought.
該地區的農民正在採用省水技術來因應乾旱。
plural: 'technologies' for multiple specific systems
Ravindra is testing a voice-recognition technology designed for elderly users.
Ravindra 正在測試一款專為年長使用者設計的語音辨識技術。
Better battery technology now lets electric cars travel over four hundred kilometres per charge.
更佳的電池技術現在讓電動車每次充電可行駛超過四百公里。
- device
more concrete; usually a physical object rather than a method or system
- system
broader; may include non-technical procedures
- innovation
emphasises novelty; a technology may not be new
文法句型
a/the technology
technologies (plural)
用法筆記
This sense is countable and often used with a / an in the singular. The plural technologies refers to multiple distinct devices or methods (e.g. communication technologies). Compound nouns like battery technology or scanning technology treat technology as a mass noun but refer to a sub-type — these are borderline between sense 1 and sense 2.