technical

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tech·ni·cal /ˈteknɪkəl/ S2 W2 AWL adjectiveadj

1 machines 机器H connected with knowledge of how machines work 技术的，技术上的

Our staff will be available to give you technical support.

有我们的员工向你提供技术支持。

I have no technical knowledge at all.

我一点技术知识都没有。

technical training

技术培训

2 technical problem/hitch PROBLEMa problem involving the way a machine or system works 技术问题

We’ve been having some technical problems with the new hardware.

这个新硬件我们遇到了一些技术问题。

Examples from the Corpus

technical problem/hitch• Design implies change and improvement, solving technical problems and meeting new needs.• However, some technical problems exist.• At times it appears large numbers of these new or infrequent voters were confounded by technical problems in the ballot.• Politics becomes an issue of solving the technical problems of advancing capitalism rather than the realization of practical goals.• He had also to tackle the technical problems of bringing two curriculum systems into one entity.• It is open to any interested individual and meets regularly to discuss operational and near-term technical problems of the Internet.• In other words, it is to argue that the problem is a technical problem which admits of a technical solution.• The principal technical problems which had to be resolved were breakage due to heavy-duty service and abuse.

3 language 语言SL technical language is language that is difficult for most people to understand because it is connected with one particular subject or used in one particular job 技术性的，与技术[专业]相关的

I didn’t understand all the technical terms.

我不是对所有术语都了解。

4 details/rules 细节/规则RULE/REGULATION relating to small exact details or rules that say how a system should work 有关规章细则的

He called for the legislation to be delayed on a technical point.

因为某个技术性原因，他要求暂缓这项立法。

This is a technical violation of the treaty.

这是技术性违约。

5 skills 技巧WAY/METHOD technical ability is the ability to do the difficult things that you have to do in order to play music, do a sport etc 〔音乐、体育运动等方面〕技巧的，技艺的

a young player with a lot of technical ability

技术出色的年轻选手

Examples from the Corpus

technical• Both Ashton and MacMillan take the technical aspects of their choreography very seriously.• Other students were trapped between self-reliance and technical dependency.• technical experts• He is remembered there for his technical feats.• a technical foul• And Whitehurst suggested that, when technical instruments produced conflicting results, lab guidelines at times were unclear on how to proceed.• No one here has the technical knowledge to fix the copier.• Jurors must deal with many technical legal questions.• Many books on furniture making are too technical or require artistic skills.• In some ways the job had been a good fit, since he was clearly the best technical problem-solver in the organization.• The next step is to make technical progress endogenous to the model.• The Government's position is that a tax-raising power in the technical sense inevitably means that taxes will be raised.• As a quarterback, Elway has excellent technical skills.• technical training

technical training• They were expected to leave school at fourteen and go out to work to earn a living or take up technical training.• Teaching and technical training are on the agenda, and they are long-term tasks.• The technical training department is currently working on the issue of competency assurance which is required by the new Safety Case Regulations.• Your starting point will be a comprehensive assessment of the area's technical training needs.• In exile, members are involved in solidarity work and are implementing educational and technical training programmes with the refugee communities.• Since then a sound cabin has been built and technical training undertaken to maximise the effectiveness of the broadcasts.

technical terms• I have purposely avoided the use of technical terms.• I now introduce another of Axelrod's evocative technical terms.• The first is that of ensuring that your reader knows which words are the technical terms.• Written on the boxes is all manner of strange titles, fantastic claims and arcane technical terms.• A few more technical terms are essential, and then we can discard the whole jargon-ridden dictionary of genetics.• The second, more difficult problem is that of ensuring that your reader understands what your technical terms mean.• Avoid technical terms or phrases which, although familiar to you, may be unknown to your listener.• In purely technical terms, this is all but a truism.

From Longman Business Dictionary

technicaltech·ni·cal1 /ˈteknɪkəl/ adjectiveadj

connected with practical knowledge, skills, or methods, especially in industrial or scientific work

The manual contains all the technical information on the product.

Our staff provide technical support 7 days a week.

We have appointed a new technical director.

—technically adverbadv

Is the project technically feasible?

a technically advanced industry

technicaltechnical2 noun

1technicals [plural]FINANCE signs that show the way prices are moving on the stock market and that help people to calculate what will happen to the price of shares etc in the future

The market technicals gave negative sell signals on Thursday.

2[countableC] another name for tech2

Origin technical

(1600-1700) Greek technikos “of art, skillful”, from techne “art, skill”

tech·ni·cal adjectiveadj

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