Go
单词

malfunction

读音
ˌmælˈfʌŋkʃn
美式
英式
词根

"Malfunction" 的词根是func,源自拉丁词"fungor",意思是"我执行"。而"Mal-" 是一个表示否定或坏的前缀,来源于拉丁词"malus",意味着"坏的"或"恶的"。所以,这个词字面上的含义就是"运行不良"。

释义

v. 发生故障,不起作用 n. 故障,失灵 [ 复数 malfunctions 第三人称单数 malfunctions 现在分词 malfunctioning 过去式 malfunctioned 过去分词 malfunctioned ]

例句

There must have been a computer malfunction.
肯定出了电脑故障。
The Super Bowl incident, which Ms. Jackson termed a "wardrobe malfunction", has prompted new scrutiny of indecency on the airwaves.
杰克逊女士称之为“服装故障”的“超级碗”事件引发了对电视节目不雅行为的新一轮审视。
The space station's deputy program manager, Kirk Shireman, said the team did an outstanding job coping with what he called "a major malfunction."
国际空间站项目副经理谢尔曼说,这个团队在处理他所说的“重大故障”时表现出色。

强化记忆

你可以通过记忆词根和词缀来更好地记住这个单词。例如,你可以把 "mal-" 和 "function" 分开记忆,然后把它们组合起来形成 "malfunction",意为“功能不良”。"Malfunction"这个词在20世纪初的英语中开始使用,主要用于描述设备、机器或系统的运行故障。很多时候,这个词都和机械、计算机、电子设备以及其他复杂的系统相关。

看视频学发音
An accident?A malfunction?My shock quickly turned to outrage.
They might run out of propellant,they could malfunction,or they may just naturally reach the end of their mission life.
"Your pain doesn't mean anything.It's just a malfunction.It's like a glitch in a computer program,
We've spent the past 10 years at the University of Cambridgetrying to understand how this malfunction works.There are many steps, and identifying which step to try to block is complex --
to create radio waves that you can use to communicate.Or maybe you could pretend to malfunction,and then when the programmers open you up to see what went wrong with you,
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