Short duration failure

short [ʃɔːrt]

adj. 短的，短暂的;矮的;短缺的;短期的; adv. 突然;唐突地;简短地;横贯地; n. 短裤;短路;缺乏; vt. 故意少给…的零头，骗取; vi. 短路;

duration [du'reʃən]

n. 持续，持续的时间，期间;（时间的）持续，持久，连续;[语音学]音长，音延;

dur持久，坚硬+ation名词后缀，表状态 → 持久的状态 → 持续时间

failure ['feljɚ]

n. 失败，不及格;缺乏，不足;破产，倒闭;失败的事，失败者;

fail犯错误，欺骗+ure名词后缀→错误状态→失败

I think it's a good idea, Ellen.

我觉得这是个好主意， Ellen。

Let every tub stand on its own bottom.

各人管各人自己。

I'm afraid I can't agree with you. That's a good way of giving information, but it's not a good way of persuading people. For one thing, it's boring, and people aren't going to read an ad that looks boring. For another thing, one computer looks very like

恐怕我不能同意你的意见。那是个通报信息的好办法，但并非是使人信服的好办法。一是它很乏味，人们是不会去读一则看起来很乏味的广告的。其次，计算机彼此都很相像。人们不会记住产品的名字的。