单词 | intermediate technology |
释义 | > as lemmasintermediate technology intermediate technology n. (a) a technology that is intermediate between other technologies or represents a transitional stage between them; (b) technology devised for the developing world which is simpler, cheaper, and more environmentally friendly than that of the developed world, and so is better suited to local resources and knowledge, but which is more efficient or productive than traditional local crafts; the development or advocacy of such technology; cf. appropriate technology n. at appropriate adj. and n. Additions. ΚΠ 1962 Q. Jrnl. Econ. 76 97 Such points of discontinuity are found in the case of two (or more) alternative techniques where there is no smooth transition between them in terms of a continuous series of intermediate technologies. 1965 E. F. Schumacher in R. Robinson Industrialisation in Developing Countries 96 The ‘intermediate technology’ will not reject any..devices, but it..does not depend on them. 1990 Hindu (Madras) 16 Jan. 17/1 The farms are suited for organic farming and application of intermediate technology. 2001 Financial Times (Nexis) 11 Apr. 20 Nokia said it expected a mass-market in GPRS—an intermediate technology on the way to full 3G—to take off at the beginning of 2002 ‘as millions of users start to subscribe to new non-voice data services’. < as lemmas |
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