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VOA慢速英语:US Company Is Putting Microchips in Its Employees

2017-08-03来源:VOA
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convenience - n. a quality or situation that makes something easy or useful for someone by reducing the amount of work or time required to do something

garage - n. a building or part of a building in which a car, truck, etc., is kept

microchip - n. a group of tiny electronic circuits that work together on a very small piece of hard material (such as silicon)

implant - v. to place something in a person's body by means of surgery

volunteer - v. someone who does something without being forced to do it

scanner - n. a device that reads or copies information or images into a computer

identify - v. to find out who someone is or what something is

wristband - n. a band of plastic, paper, cloth, etc., that you wear around your wrist

track - v. to follow or watch the path of (something)

identity theft - n. the illegal use of someone else's personal identifying information in order to get money or credit

encrypt - v. to change (information) from one form to another especially to hide its meaning

standardize - v. to change (things) so that they are similar and consistent and agree with rules about what is proper and acceptable