英语从法语中吸收了role这个词，在它变为上文中提到的意思之前，一直是与剧场有关的词汇。
English adopted the word role from French where, before its meaning had evolved to that just described, it had been a theatre word.
幻灯片5：还有一个银行提款机的例子：“回收利用”在英文中意思是，你把东西扔掉，如纸张或瓶子，然后销毁，然后再制成新的产品。
Slide 5: and here is one more example from a bank machine: 'recycling' in English usually means you throw something away, such as paper or bottles, and it is then destroyed and made into new products.
索尼公司在2006年前制造了AIBO，它的名字是人工智能机器狗的缩写，不过，这个单词在日本文中有“朋友”的意思。
Sony manufactured the AIBO until 2006, and its name was short for Artificial Intelligence Robot, though the word "aibo" also means, "pal" in Japanese.
后来我发现，在美式英文里“相当”的意思是“非常”，而在英式英文中，“相当”只是说“还可以”。
" Then I discovered that in American English "quite" sometimes means "very", while in British English it means "fairly".
后来我发现，在美式英文里“相当”的意思是“非常”，而在英式英文中，“相当”只是说“还可以”。
" Then I discovered that in American English "quite" sometimes means "very", while in British English it means "fairly".
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