Notes on key vocabulary in the English original of the biography of jobs (10) [chapter eight]

Xebox and Lisa And A new baby

1. flop                      v.( Refers to a book 、 Drama, etc ) A complete failure , You don't succeed 【 As soon as I see this word , I just want to rush to the street 】
When the Apple III began shipping( deliver goods , list ) in May 1980, it flopped.

2. psychiatrist          n. a psychiatrist
The names Jobs chose for it would have caused even the most jaded psychiatrist to do a double take: the Lisa.

3. straightforward                adj. ordinary , Understandable ;( Person or attitude ) rightful , Frank , To be honest
Without the wizardry of Wozniak, who was still working quietly on the Apple II, the engineers began producing a straightforward computer …

4. infuse                      v. instill ; hold ( A certain quality ) Inject …
There was, however, one programmer who was infusing the project with some life: Bill Atkinson.

5. invent                      v. create , The invention
We are inventing the future.

Xebox and Lisa And Xerox PARC【 Xerox Co 】

6. visionary                 n. Dreamer , Dreamer , A man of vision     adj. Discerning , Visionary ; Utopian
Among its visionaries was the scientist Alan Kay, who had two great maxims ( Maxim , motto ) that Jos embraced: "The best way to predict the future is to invent it " and …

7. gorgeous                 adj. wonderful , To the satisfaction of , Very beautiful , Gorgeous
This uses a lot of computing power, but it permits gorgeous graphics, fonts, and gee-whiz screen displays.

8. object-oriented programming language                  Object oriented programming language

9. prototype                 n. Prototype , embryonic form , Blueprint
Bitmapping and graphical interfaces became features of Xerox PARC’s prototype computers( prototype ) …

10. venture captial division               Venture capital department
Xerox’s venture captical division wanted to be part of the second round of Apple financing during the summer of 1979.

11. veil                           n. veil
" It was like a veil being lifted from my eyes ", Jobs recalled. " I could see what the future of computing was destined to be. "

12. appliance                n. Household appliances
It was the breakthrough he had been looking for: bringing computers to the people, with the cheerful but affordable design of an Eichler home and the ease of use of a sleek kitchen appliance.

13. take to implement                

" How long would this take to implement ? " he asked. 【 How long will it take to achieve this ？】

Xebox and Lisa And Great Artists Steal

14. chronicle                 n. chronicle      v. hold …… In the annals , Record in order of events ; Full and accurate records
The Apple raid( rob , The raid ) on Xerox PARC is sometimes describled as one of the biggest heists( Theft , rob ) in the chronicles of industry.

15. endorse                    v. Agree with , recognition
Jobs occasionally endorsed this view, with pride. As once he said, “Picasso had a saying — ‘good artists copy, great artists steal.’ ( Good artists copy ideas , Great artists steal inspiration .)— and we have always been shameless about stealing great ideas.”

16. figure out                   solve , Find out , Make clear
The hardware folks grumbled( Complain ), but then went off and figured it out.

17. resent                         v. bitter hate
But John Couch and the other professional engineers on his Lisa team, many of them buttoned-down( Conservative ) HP types, resented Jobs’s meddling( interference ) …

18. clash                            n. Conflict
There was a clash of visions.

19. strip                             v. Peel off , deprive ; Take off your clothes    n. belt , strip ; striptease
He was also stripped of his role as vice president for research and development.