Meter-kilogram-second

meter ['mitɚr]

n. 计量器;计量仪; v. 用仪表测量;

meter(measure)→公尺；测量器；以测量器计量

kilogram ['kɪləɡræm]

n. 千克;公斤;

kilo一千+gram克→一千克，公斤

second ['sɛkənd]

n. 秒;瞬间;次货;第二份食物; adj. 第二的;次要的;居第二位的;另外的; adv. 第二;其次;以第二位; vt. 支持;临时调派;附议;赞成提案;

sec跟随+ond=one第一→跟随第一个之后→第二；秒

Look at that Superman balloon!

你看那个超人气球

My steak is so tough that it tastes like shoe leather.

我的牛排硬得像靴子上的皮革。

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。