代号斯巴达 微软发布新浏览器取代IE

 　　Microsoft rolled out its new Project Spartan¹ web browser² for the first time publicly today, offering members of the Windows Insider Program early access to the product designed to revitalize the company’s position in the browser market.

　　今天，微软为Windows会员计划的参与者们提供机会提前尝试新浏览器Project Spartan。这款首次对外公开的产品承载了微软在浏览器市场东山再起的希望。

　　Features of the new browser include support for annotating³ web pages. Users can either write or type notes on the page, which they can then share with other people. It’s an interesting move by the company to essentially⁴ take its collaboration⁵ features from Office and bring them to the web.

　　Spartan浏览器支持网页注释。用户可以在页面上手写或输入笔记，并和他人分享。微软这一颇有意思的举措从根本上将Office软件中的协作功能带到了web端。

　　In addition, Spartan users will be able to get help from Cortana, Microsoft’s virtual assistant, which also appears on the Windows 10 desktop⁶. According to Microsoft, Cortana be waiting in the background until users want a piece of contextual information that the assistant can bring up. Since Cortana is powered in part by Bing, it’s no surprise that she has found a home in Microsoft’s web browser.

　　此外，Spartan用户还能从微软虚拟助手小娜那里获得帮助。小娜还将出现在Windows 10桌面上。微软表示，在能为用户提供想要的相关信息前，小娜都会在后台静候。考虑到小娜基于必应搜索引擎，她出现在微软的浏览器里也就没什么可奇怪的了。

　　People who do a lot of reading on their computer may get some mileage⁷ out of Spartan’s Reading List feature, which is similar to systems like Instapaper and Pocket. The browser allows people to save web pages for later, and read them in a simplified view that blocks out distractions⁸. It’s similar to a feature that Apple offers in Safari⁹, with the same name.

　　经常用电脑阅读的用户能从Spartan的Reading List功能中获益。该功能和Instapaper、Pocket类似，用户不仅能够保存页面以供稍后阅读，还能屏蔽各种杂乱信息。苹果在Safari浏览器中也提供了相似功能，连名称都一模一样。

　　Spartan also features a new rendering¹⁰ engine that’s supposed to better support the modern web, something that may draw the support of web developers who dislike Internet Explorer.

　　Spartan还内置了新的渲染引擎，能够为现代网页提供更好的支持。这一功能可能会赢得那些不喜欢IE浏览器的开发者们的支持。

　　Like the other components¹¹ of the Windows 10 Technical Preview, Project Spartan is still a piece of pre-release software, which means it’s not right for everyone, and there are likely plenty of bugs¹³ lurking¹⁴ in its code. People who need their computers to perform reliably day in and day out should probably stay away for the time being.

　　和Windows 10技术预览版的其它组件一样，Project Spartan尚未正式发布，也就是说它并不适合所有人。代码里可能还隐藏着许多bug¹²。那些需要电脑每天稳定工作的人们可能要暂时等等了。

1 spartan   

adj.简朴的，刻苦的；n.斯巴达；斯巴达式的人

参考例句：

• Their spartan lifestyle prohibits a fridge or a phone.他们不使用冰箱和电话，过着简朴的生活。
• The rooms were spartan and undecorated.房间没有装饰，极为简陋。

2 browser   

n.浏览者

参考例句：

• View edits in a web browser.在浏览器中看编辑的效果。
• I think my browser has a list of shareware links.我想在浏览器中会有一系列的共享软件链接。

3 annotating   

v.注解，注释( annotate的现在分词 )

参考例句：

• Historians are checking and annotating the History of the Former Han Dynasty. 史学家们在校点《汉书》。 来自互联网
• This great flowering of annotating and indexing will alter the way we discover books, too. 注解和索引的大繁荣也会改变我们发现书籍的方式。 来自互联网

4 essentially   

adv.本质上，实质上，基本上

参考例句：

• Really great men are essentially modest.真正的伟人大都很谦虚。
• She is an essentially selfish person.她本质上是个自私自利的人。

5 collaboration   

n.合作，协作；勾结

参考例句：

• The two companies are working in close collaboration each other.这两家公司密切合作。
• He was shot for collaboration with the enemy.他因通敌而被枪毙了。

6 desktop   

n.桌面管理系统程序；台式

参考例句：

• My computer is a desktop computer of excellent quality.我的计算机是品质卓越的台式计算机。
• Do you know which one is better,a laptop or a desktop?你知道哪一种更好，笔记本还是台式机？

7 mileage   

n.里程，英里数；好处，利润

参考例句：

• He doesn't think there's any mileage in that type of advertising.他认为做那种广告毫无效益。
• What mileage has your car done?你的汽车跑了多少英里？

8 distractions   

n.使人分心的事[人]( distraction的名词复数 )；娱乐，消遣；心烦意乱；精神错乱

参考例句：

• I find it hard to work at home because there are too many distractions. 我发觉在家里工作很难，因为使人分心的事太多。
• There are too many distractions here to work properly. 这里叫人分心的事太多，使人无法好好工作。 来自《简明英汉词典》

9 safari   

n.远征旅行(探险、考察)；探险队，狩猎队

参考例句：

• When we go on safari we like to cook on an open fire.我们远行狩猎时，喜欢露天生火做饭。
• They went on safari searching for the rare black rhinoceros.他们进行探险旅行，搜寻那稀有的黑犀牛。

10 rendering   

n.表现，描写

参考例句：

• She gave a splendid rendering of Beethoven's piano sonata.她精彩地演奏了贝多芬的钢琴奏鸣曲。
• His narrative is a super rendering of dialect speech and idiom.他的叙述是方言和土语最成功的运用。

11 components   

（机器、设备等的）构成要素，零件，成分； 成分( component的名词复数 )； [物理化学]组分； [数学]分量； （混合物的）组成部分

参考例句：

• the components of a machine 机器部件
• Our chemistry teacher often reduces a compound to its components in lab. 在实验室中化学老师常把化合物分解为各种成分。

12 bug   

n.虫子；故障；窃听器；vt.纠缠；装窃听器

参考例句：

• There is a bug in the system.系统出了故障。
• The bird caught a bug on the fly.那鸟在飞行中捉住了一只昆虫。

13 bugs   

adj.疯狂的，发疯的n.窃听器( bug的名词复数 )；病菌；虫子；[计算机]（制作软件程序所产生的意料不到的）错误

参考例句：

• All programs have bugs and need endless refinement. 所有的程序都有漏洞，都需要不断改进。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The sacks of rice were swarming with bugs. 一袋袋的米里长满了虫子。 来自《简明英汉词典》

14 lurking   

潜在

参考例句：

• Why are you lurking around outside my house? 你在我房子外面鬼鬼祟祟的，想干什么？
• There is a suspicious man lurking in the shadows. 有一可疑的人躲在阴暗中。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》