callous ['k?l?s]

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無情的（形容詞）

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(adjective) Unfeeling; cold; lacking any empathy or generosity.

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EXAMPLE: The stern company president was a callous old man who would fire loyal employees without the slightest hesitation or concern for their future.

這位嚴厲的公司總裁是一個無情的老人，為了公司的未來，他會毫不猶豫地開掉公司忠誠的員工。

emerging technologies

新興技術(shù)

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Any technological devices, systems, or applications that are newly developed or still in the process of being perfected.

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EXAMPLE: Both excitement and frustration accompany any business that is active in the development of emerging technologies such as voice recognition and speech synthesis.

興奮和失望伴隨所有從事開發(fā)語音識別、語音合成這樣的新興技術(shù)企業(yè)。