運(yùn)用新技術(shù)的產(chǎn)品一定比原生態(tài)的手工產(chǎn)品好嗎？有些人說(shuō)，不是這樣的。比如，廚房里常用的開罐器，還是那種老式的、手動(dòng)的簡(jiǎn)單好用，而且廉價(jià)；新式的電動(dòng)開罐器反倒讓開罐頭這件事變得復(fù)雜了。于是，electric-can-opener question這樣一個(gè)說(shuō)法就誕生了。

Electric-can-opener question? refers to the recognition that some older, low-tech products are superior to the newer, high-tech products that are supposed to replace them.

“電動(dòng)開罐器問(wèn)題”指一些老式的、技術(shù)含量低的產(chǎn)品反而優(yōu)于那些意欲取代它們的新生代高科技產(chǎn)品的狀況。

The model for this phrase is, of course, the electric can opener, which most people consider to be markedly inferior to the cheaper and easier-to-use manual can opener. Why pay more money to buy something which you know to be inferior to an older, cheaper technology?

這個(gè)說(shuō)法的來(lái)源自然就是，很多人都認(rèn)為電動(dòng)開罐器根本沒(méi)有廉價(jià)的手動(dòng)開罐器好用。所以，為什么非要多花錢買一些你自知沒(méi)有老式、廉價(jià)技術(shù)好用的東西呢？

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