Construction is a combination of workmanship and choice of materials. Take this computer, if I pull the silicon out, I replace it with gallium arsenide, leave everything else the same.

构造则是技巧和材料的选择,的结合，拿这个电脑为例，如果我将硅取出，替换成砷化镓，其他东西不变。

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