SMIDGE 一丁點

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to be up-for-grabs

beefier camera

smidge heavier than

文句

The Galaxy S5, announced at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain, was also up-for-grabs at an event in New York City. Landing with a slightly larger 5.1-inch high-definition 1080p display, a powerful Snapdragon 800 2.5GHz quad-core processor, and a beefier 16-megapixel camera, it is as you might expect a smidge heavier than the Galaxy S4. But that's expected considering it's packing a great deal more punch than the previous model.


解釋

to be up-for-grabs  可供競爭的；可以拿到手的

beefier camera  "beefy" 本來是指「強壯的」。在這兒應該是「能力更強的」意思。

smidge heavier than  比～稍微重那麼點

STICK OF WONDER 神奇棒

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to picture the scene

an obnoxious, space-taking device
a mystical stick of wonder

文句

Google has the Chromecast wireless media streaming device that plugs into your living room television set through a HDMI port. And one of the little know features to Microsoft's Windows 8's operating system is "Windows To Go," a way to put your entire computer on a USB stick that you can take anywhere you go…

You're starting to picture the scene. It's not necessarily about what your desktop or tablet can do anymore. It's about what that obnoxious, space-taking device in the corner of your home living room or work conference room can do when you plug in a mystical stick of wonder.


解釋

to picture the scene  想像這個長景

an obnoxious, space-taking device  一個令人討厭、佔空間的裝置

a mystical stick of wonder  一根神秘的神奇棒。文中的「棒」指的是一種無線影音串流的裝置，體積猶如USB的大小，裡頭裝有開機系統程式，方便攜帶，例如："Windows To Go", Dell 的 拇指 碟電腦（Thumb drive computer）。

WREAK HAVOC 造成浩劫

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nothing worse than

a compromised account

to wreak havoc


文句

From a network administrator’s point of view, there’s almost nothing worse than a compromised corporate email account. An outsider who can successfully break into that account can wreak havoc with every device and service that’s connected to it...


解釋

nothing worse than  沒比～更糟的事

a compromised account  被更改/被入侵/被危害的帳號。"compromise" 本來是「妥協」、「折衷」。這裡當然不可理解成被妥協。

to wreak havoc  造成破壞、浩劫