Noise from phone can chase mosquitoes
韓國推出手機驅蚊服務
Posted 7/11/2003 12:58 PM
★chase，To put to flight, drive.使逃離、驅逐：chased the dog away.把狗趕走。
★mosquito，蚊子。mosquito net是蚊帳， 英式英語里指蚊式轟炸機。另外習慣用語knee-high to a mosquito常用于口語，意思是極幼小的、極渺小的。
SEOUL, South Korea （AP） — South Korea's largest mobile phone operator said Thursday that it will offer cell phone users a new noise service that it says will repel mosquitoes.
漢城，韓國（聯(lián)合通訊社）－韓國的手機運營商上周四宣布，他們將向手機用戶推出一項可以驅趕蚊蟲的手機鈴聲新服務。
★mobile phone和offer cell都可以用來指手機。
★repel，To ward off or keep away、drive back: 擊退或趕回、驅除：Repel insects.驅除昆蟲。repel an attack [the assailants]，擊退進攻[進攻者]；To cause aversion or distaste in:使厭惡；使反感，Her rudeness repels everyone.她的粗魯使每個人都很反感。在物理學上意思是反撥, 排斥, 彈回。A plastic coating repels moisture.塑料涂層能防潮。Water repels oil.油水不相溶。
SK Telecom said subscribers can pay 3,000 won （US$2.50） to download a sound wave that is inaudible to human ears but annoys mosquitoes within a range of three feet. Customers can then play the sound by hitting a few buttons on their mobile phones.
韓國鮮京電信（SK）表示定制用戶可以花費3000韓元（合2.54美元）下載一種聲波，這種聲波人耳察覺不到，但可以在3英尺范圍內(nèi)驅趕蚊蟲。用戶只需按幾個手機用鍵便可以播放這種驅蚊聲波。
★subscriber指people contract to receive and pay for a certain number of issues of a publication, for tickets to a series of events or performances, or for a utility service, for example.訂閱，訂購人。enroll subscribers （=introduce subscribers, win subscribers）介紹訂戶, 征求訂戶。a telephone subscriber.電話用戶。
★download，To transfer data or programs to a peripheral computer or device. 傳送，下載。
i★naudible，Impossible to hear:聽不見的。an inaudible conversation.聽不到的談話。
The company claimed that the service worked during tests.
鮮京公司表示此項服務在測試過程中效果良好。
The service, which begins Monday, has one drawback: it consumes as much battery power as normal cell phone rings. SK Telecom has 17 million subscribers and controls a little over 50% of the domestic market.
這項驅蚊聲波服務于上周一推出，但這項服務的缺點在于它需要相當于普通手機播放鈴聲的能耗量。韓國鮮京電信目前以擁有1700萬用戶，占據(jù)了一半以上的國內(nèi)市場。
★drawback，A disadvantage or inconvenience. 劣勢或不便之處；A refund or remittance, such as a discount on duties or taxes for goods destined for reexport.退款，錢款收取以后歸還，如再出口的進口產(chǎn)品退稅。excise drawback，消費稅退稅。the great drawback to living on a main road is the constant noise.住在大道上的缺點就是噪聲不斷。
韓國推出手機驅蚊服務
Posted 7/11/2003 12:58 PM
★chase，To put to flight, drive.使逃離、驅逐：chased the dog away.把狗趕走。
★mosquito，蚊子。mosquito net是蚊帳， 英式英語里指蚊式轟炸機。另外習慣用語knee-high to a mosquito常用于口語，意思是極幼小的、極渺小的。
SEOUL, South Korea （AP） — South Korea's largest mobile phone operator said Thursday that it will offer cell phone users a new noise service that it says will repel mosquitoes.
漢城，韓國（聯(lián)合通訊社）－韓國的手機運營商上周四宣布，他們將向手機用戶推出一項可以驅趕蚊蟲的手機鈴聲新服務。
★mobile phone和offer cell都可以用來指手機。
★repel，To ward off or keep away、drive back: 擊退或趕回、驅除：Repel insects.驅除昆蟲。repel an attack [the assailants]，擊退進攻[進攻者]；To cause aversion or distaste in:使厭惡；使反感，Her rudeness repels everyone.她的粗魯使每個人都很反感。在物理學上意思是反撥, 排斥, 彈回。A plastic coating repels moisture.塑料涂層能防潮。Water repels oil.油水不相溶。
SK Telecom said subscribers can pay 3,000 won （US$2.50） to download a sound wave that is inaudible to human ears but annoys mosquitoes within a range of three feet. Customers can then play the sound by hitting a few buttons on their mobile phones.
韓國鮮京電信（SK）表示定制用戶可以花費3000韓元（合2.54美元）下載一種聲波，這種聲波人耳察覺不到，但可以在3英尺范圍內(nèi)驅趕蚊蟲。用戶只需按幾個手機用鍵便可以播放這種驅蚊聲波。
★subscriber指people contract to receive and pay for a certain number of issues of a publication, for tickets to a series of events or performances, or for a utility service, for example.訂閱，訂購人。enroll subscribers （=introduce subscribers, win subscribers）介紹訂戶, 征求訂戶。a telephone subscriber.電話用戶。
★download，To transfer data or programs to a peripheral computer or device. 傳送，下載。
i★naudible，Impossible to hear:聽不見的。an inaudible conversation.聽不到的談話。
The company claimed that the service worked during tests.
鮮京公司表示此項服務在測試過程中效果良好。
The service, which begins Monday, has one drawback: it consumes as much battery power as normal cell phone rings. SK Telecom has 17 million subscribers and controls a little over 50% of the domestic market.
這項驅蚊聲波服務于上周一推出，但這項服務的缺點在于它需要相當于普通手機播放鈴聲的能耗量。韓國鮮京電信目前以擁有1700萬用戶，占據(jù)了一半以上的國內(nèi)市場。
★drawback，A disadvantage or inconvenience. 劣勢或不便之處；A refund or remittance, such as a discount on duties or taxes for goods destined for reexport.退款，錢款收取以后歸還，如再出口的進口產(chǎn)品退稅。excise drawback，消費稅退稅。the great drawback to living on a main road is the constant noise.住在大道上的缺點就是噪聲不斷。