Personally, I do not believe in any of these slimming gadgets.
就我个人而言，我不相信这些减肥的小玩意。
His key insight was that headphones weren't gadgets; they were a fashion accessory.
他的关键见解在于耳机不是个小玩意，而是一种时尚配饰。
By observing how students use the gadgets, he said, "We're trying to get answers from the students."
通过观察学生如何使用这些小工具，他说：“我们试图从学生那里得到答案。”
Many of the coolest gadgets this year are the same as the coolest gadgets last year—or the year before, even.
今年许多最酷的小玩意和去年的一样，甚至和前年的一样。
There are some who prefer the teeniest, most compact gadgets, like those itsy-bitsy cell phones that would get lost in a pocket.
有些人更倾向于那些小的不能再小的袖珍玩意儿，比如那些放到口袋里就找不到的微型手机。
In one experiment, people who reported feeling isolated were more likely than others to attribute consciousness to various gadgets.
在一项实验中，和其他人相比，自称感到孤独的人更有可能将意识赋予不同的小工具。
Now these segments are looking at slower growth curves—or shrinking markets in some cases—as consumers are not as eager to spend money on new gadgets.
现在，由于消费者不那么热衷于花钱购买新的小玩意，这些细分市场的增长曲线出现了放缓，在某些情况下甚至出现了市场萎缩。
One factor hindering this is that parents can't or don't spend enough quality time with their kids, and substitute this deficit with toys, games, gadgets and the like.
阻碍这一点的一个因素是，父母无法或没有花足够的时间高质量地和孩子相处，而是用玩具、游戏、小玩意儿之类的东西来弥补这种不足。
He stood out in three ways—as a technologist, as a corporate leader and as somebody who was able to make people love what had previously been impersonal functional gadgets.
他以三种身份脱颖而出——既是一名技术专家，又是一名企业领导人，同时还是一位能让人们对曾经非个性化的实用小玩意着迷的人。
Born in 1916 in Petoskey, Michigan, Shannon showed an early talent for maths and for building gadgets, and made breakthroughs in the foundations of computer technology when still a student.
1916年，香农出生于密歇根州的佩托斯基，他很早就显现出在数学和制造小玩意方面的天赋，学生时代时就在计算机技术的基础上取得了突破。
Even without gadgets that understand our spoken commands, research suggests that, as bizarre as it sounds, under certain circumstances, people regularly ascribe human traits to everyday objects.
研究表明，即使没有能够理解我们口头指令的小工具，在某些情况下，人们也会经常认为日常物品具有人的特性，尽管这听起来很奇怪。
His kitchen is full of gadgets he never uses.
他厨房里到处是他从不使用的小器具。
Part of the attraction of photography is gadgets and mechanical doodads.
摄影术的吸引力部分在于它那些小装置和机械玩意儿。
They try to equip their vehicles with gadgets to deal with every possible contingency.
他们尽量给他们的车辆配备各种小装置以应付任何可能的突发状况。
There are some other gadgets (小机械) which save the long hours of doing housework for the housewives.
还有一些其他的小玩意能够为家庭主妇节省家务所耗费的长时间。
Thank to fitness apps and gadgets, people can measure every step they take, what they eat and every calorie they burn.
多亏了健身应用和设备，人们可以测量他们走的每一步、吃了什么以及燃烧了多少卡路里。
What does the author imply about the various gadgets on cars?
关于汽车上的各种小装置，作者暗示了什么？
Meanwhile, the number of consumers hungry for such gadgets continues to swell.
与此同时，渴望拥有这类产品的消费者数量持续上涨。
One of my friends, named Anna Palmer, is always using the latest fitness gadgets.
我的一个朋友，名叫安娜·帕尔默，总是使用最新的健身器材。
Punishing people for using hand-held gadgets while driving is difficult enough, even though they can be seen from outside the car.
惩罚那些开车时使用手持设备的人已经够难的了，即使从车外都能看到他们。
Electric windows, electric locks, and electric trunk catches were the latest gadgets, but wipers were one of the backwaters of automotive technology.
电动窗、电动锁和电动后盖是最新的发明，但雨刷却是汽车技术的死水。
Crowdfunding, raising money for a project through online appeals, has taken off in recent years for everything from making movies to producing water-saving gadgets.
近年来，通过网络宣传为一个项目筹集资金的众筹形式已经在各个领域蓬勃发展，包括制作电影、生产节水设备等等。
He stood out in three ways—as a technologist, as a corporate leader and as somebody who was able to make people love what had previously been impersonal, functional gadgets.
他在三个方面脱颖而出——作为一名技术专家，作为一名企业领导人，作为一个曾经不近人情的“工具人”、如今能够得到人们喜爱的人。
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