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    Good with technology — computers, phones, apps, software — and comfortable figuring out new ones. It is an adjective, and it is informal. You can put it before a noun ("a tech-savvy student") or after "is/are" ("my grandmother is very tech-savvy").

    Good with technology對科技很在行 — computers, phones, apps, software電腦、手機、應用程式、軟體都算 — and comfortable figuring out new ones而且遇到新東西也能輕鬆搞懂 It is an adjective它是形容詞 and it is informal而且是非正式用語 You can put it before a noun你可以把它放在名詞前面 ("a tech-savvy student")(像「a tech-savvy student」) or after "is/are"或放在 is/are 後面 ("my grandmother is very tech-savvy")(像「my grandmother is very tech-savvy」)

    "Tech" is a short, casual way of saying "technology", and "savvy" on its own means knowing how something really works in practice — street knowledge, not book knowledge. So tech-savvy is not about knowing computer theory. It is about being the person who can set up the printer, spot a fake email, and find the setting nobody else can find.

    "Tech" is a short, casual way of saying "technology""tech" 是「technology」比較簡短隨性的說法 and "savvy" on its own means knowing how something really works in practice而單獨的「savvy」是指真正懂一個東西實際上是怎麼運作的 — street knowledge, not book knowledge是實戰知識,不是書本知識 So tech-savvy is not about knowing computer theory所以 tech-savvy 講的不是懂電腦理論 It is about being the person who can set up the printer, spot a fake email, and find the setting nobody else can find而是指那種能設定好印表機、看得出詐騙信、找得到別人找不到的設定的人

    A few things about how people really use it. First, it is relative — it means "more comfortable with technology than the people around you", so the same person can be the tech-savvy one at home and the least tech-savvy one at a software company. Second, it is often used about groups and markets, not just people: "tech-savvy consumers", "a tech-savvy generation" — very common in business and news writing. Third, people say it most when there is a gap worth pointing at, often about age, which is why you hear "surprisingly tech-savvy" about older people. That word "surprisingly" tells you the speaker's assumption, and it is an assumption that is often wrong.

    A few things about how people really use it有幾件事跟大家實際怎麼用這個字有關 First, it is relative首先,這是相對的 — it means "more comfortable with technology than the people around you"意思是「比身邊的人更擅長科技」 so the same person can be the tech-savvy one at home and the least tech-savvy one at a software company所以同一個人在家可能是最懂科技的那個,到了軟體公司卻變成最不懂的那個 Second, it is often used about groups and markets, not just people第二,它常常用來形容群體和市場,不只是個人: "tech-savvy consumers", "a tech-savvy generation"像「tech-savvy consumers」「a tech-savvy generation」這樣的說法 — very common in business and news writing在商業和新聞寫作裡很常見 Third, people say it most when there is a gap worth pointing at第三,大家最常在有明顯落差值得一提的時候說這個字 often about age尤其常跟年齡有關 which is why you hear "surprisingly tech-savvy" about older people這就是為什麼你會聽到有人用「surprisingly tech-savvy」來形容年長者 That word "surprisingly" tells you the speaker's assumption「surprisingly」這個字透露了說話者原本的預設 and it is an assumption that is often wrong而這個預設常常是錯的

    Writing note: the is normal before a noun, and many writers keep it everywhere. "Tech savvy" without a also appears and nobody will mark it wrong.

    Writing note寫作小提醒: the hyphen is normal before a noun放在名詞前面時加連字號是正常的 and many writers keep it everywhere而且很多人乾脆全部都加連字號 "Tech savvy" without a hyphen also appears不加連字號的「Tech savvy」也會出現 and nobody will mark it wrong沒有人會說這樣寫是錯的

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組成tech + savvy. "Tech" is a shortened form of "technology". "Savvy" means knowing how something works from real experience; it came into English from sailors' talk, from Spanish "sabe" (he/she knows). The compound may be a shortening of "high-tech savvy" or a variant of "techno-savvy".

同家族的字

  • technology"tech" is simply the short form of it
  • technicalsame tech- piece, about the skills and details of how things are made or done

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以下是外部詞典記錄的用法,原文照列,我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的;有些用法可能上面已經講過了。

tech-savvyadj/ˈtɛkˌsævi/

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    informalProficient in the use of technology, especially computers.

    • The Tofflers have also recruited as executive partners TV producer Al Burton and the tech-savvy film producer and entrepreneur Jeff Apple.
    • But as the railways become increasingly digitised, it is these young tech-savvy individuals with knowledge about coding who may well have the skills the industry needs.

資料來源:英文維基詞典 English WiktionaryCC BY-SA 4.0)。 原文照列,未經改寫。