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Welcome to the Voice of America's “News Words”.
欢迎收听美国之音“新闻词汇”。
This week's news word is about something that has taken place during the Information Age: revolutionary.
本周的新闻词汇有关发生在信息时代的事情：革命的。
Apple has been inventing digital products for 40 years.
苹果公司已经研发数码产品40年了。
Handheld devices were a huge success. But, buttons were still hard to use.
掌上设备是一个巨大的成功。但是，按键使用起来依然很麻烦。
So, Apple's designers came up with a revolutionary touch technology first introduced in iPod touch.
因此，苹果的设计师们研发出了一项革命性的触感科技，先是应用在了iPod touch。
Here, revolutionary means a discovery that causes a complete change in the way something is done.
在这里，“革命的”意思是一项发现引起了做某事的方法完全变化。
It comes from the words revolt and revolution, which mean fighting for change.
它来自单词叛乱和革命，意思是为变化而斗争。
Revolutionary ideas can be about political or social change.
革命的想法可能有关政治和社会变化。
