生活中的“小幫手”life hack
[ 2009-05-21 13:16 ]
一直以來(lái),我都很羨慕電腦高手們,時(shí)常在我面前罷工,弄得我焦頭爛額的電腦到了他們手里馬上就變得服服帖帖的了,也不知道他們對(duì)電腦施了什么法術(shù)。而且,他們還會(huì)時(shí)不時(shí)地寫(xiě)個(gè)什么小程序幫助清理垃圾文件啊,提高運(yùn)行速度啊之類的,這些對(duì)我們來(lái)說(shuō)真的是不折不扣的life hack。
The term "life hack" is derived from the technical hacks that programmers and other geeks have set up for themselves to make their lives easier. This usually means methods of organizing data, little utilities to synchronize files that automate daily tasks, etc.
Life hack(生活幫)這個(gè)短語(yǔ)最初指的是程序員和黑客們?yōu)榱朔奖阕约憾鴦?chuàng)建的一些技術(shù)性的快捷工具,通常是梳理數(shù)據(jù)、同步處理文檔的小工具等自動(dòng)完成一些日常任務(wù)的工具。
Today, life hacks are basically anything that is a solution to an everyday problem, frustration, etc. As a result, we’re seeing the term used to describe solutions to losing weight, public speaking, doing your professional job better, time management, etc. As such, the current useage probably more accurately reflects the term itself.
現(xiàn)在,life hack可以指任何能解決日常生活中遇到的問(wèn)題或麻煩的方法。因此,我們會(huì)看到這個(gè)短語(yǔ)被用于形容解決減肥、公開(kāi)講話、提升工作表現(xiàn)、安排時(shí)間等等方面問(wèn)題的方法。由此,現(xiàn)在的這些用法倒是更準(zhǔn)確地反應(yīng)了這個(gè)短語(yǔ)本身的字面意思。
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