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運用新技術(shù)的產(chǎn)品一定比原生態(tài)的手工產(chǎn)品好嗎？有些人說，不是這樣的。比如，廚房里常用的開罐器，還是那種老式的、手動的簡單好用，而且廉價；新式的電動開罐器反倒讓開罐頭這件事變得復(fù)雜了。于是，electric-can-opener question這樣一個說法就誕生了。
Electric-can-opener question? refers to the recognition that some older, low-tech products are superior to the newer, high-tech products that are supposed to replace them.
“電動開罐器問題”指一些老式的、技術(shù)含量低的產(chǎn)品反而優(yōu)于那些意欲取代它們的新生代高科技產(chǎn)品的狀況。
The model for this phrase is, of course, the electric can opener, which most people consider to be markedly inferior to the cheaper and easier-to-use manual can opener. Why pay more money to buy something which you know to be inferior to an older, cheaper technology?
這個說法的來源自然就是，很多人都認(rèn)為電動開罐器根本沒有廉價的手動開罐器好用。所以，為什么非要多花錢買一些你自知沒有老式、廉價技術(shù)好用的東西呢？
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