trillo, tremolo, iteration

Mr. Cordesman said the report was more detailed than previous iterations. He also said over time, the annual Pentagon document has become more balanced, analytical and useful.





科德斯曼說﹐報告內容比以前更具體。他還說﹐這些年來﹐五角大樓的這份年度文件變得更客觀、分析更有條理﹐也更有用。




HC按: 此iteration的翻譯有投機取巧之嫌.....


Tablet computers

The iPad's third coming

The next iteration of Apple's successful tablet computer is due soon, and promises the difficult trick of combining higher performance with greater efficiency(67)




trillo
(It.)
An ornament, a form of vocal tremolo used particularly in early 17th-century Italian music.

Tremolo, or tremolando, is a musical term describing various trembling effects, falling roughly into two types. The first is a rapid reiteration

iteration

Pronunciation: /ɪtəˈreɪʃ(ə)n/

Definition of iteration

noun

[mass noun]

• the repetition of a process or utterance.
• repetition of a mathematical or computational procedure applied to the result of a previous application, typically as a means of obtaining successively closer approximations to the solution of a problem.
• [count noun] a new version of a piece of computer hardware or software.

Origin:

late Middle English: from Latin iteratio(n-), from the verb iterare (see iterate)

iteration[it・er・a・tion]

• 発音記号[ìtəréiʃən]
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[名][U]繰り返し, 反復.