01 - Too Many Updates
频繁更新。update表示“更新”,作名词读/'ʌpdeɪt/ ,重音在前,动词读/ʌp'deɪt/,重音在后。
Every time I log in, there's an update that takes forever to install.
每次登录后,都要花很长时间安装更新。
After the latest update, everything looks different. I keep clicking the wrong stuff because they changed the menu layout.
最近一次更新后,全部东西都变了,我老是点错,因为他们改了菜单布局。
02 - Confusing Interface
界面看不懂。interface /'ɪntəfeɪs/ 就是常说的软件手机等的“显示界面”。
I don't know where to find anything in this app. The interface is really confusing.
这个App里的功能和东西很难找,界面真的让人看不懂。
There are too many buttons, and I have no idea which one does what.
按钮太多了,都不知道哪个是干嘛的。
The layout is so cluttered, it's hard to find what I'm looking for.
布局太乱了,很难找到我要找的东西。layout /'leɪaʊt/ 表示“布局,排版”。cluttered /ˈklʌtəd/ 表示untidy, not organized, and covered with a lot of things,又密又乱。
03 - Poor Navigation
导航很差。navigation /ˌnævɪˈɡeɪʃn/ 表示the way that you move around a website,在网页上从一个板块点去另一个板块,浏览,导航。
I keep getting lost switching between pages. It's so hard to move between different sections.
我在切换网页时总是找不到地方,在不同板块之间跳转太难了。
The menus are hidden, and I can't even figure out how to get back to the homepage.
菜单都是隐藏的,我甚至不知道怎么返回主页。
Why do I need to click through five menus just to change a simple setting? The navigation is terrible.
为什么我要点击五个菜单才能改一个简单的设置?导航做得太差了。
04 - Lack of Intuitive Design
设计不直观。intuitive /ɪnˈtjuːɪtɪv/ 表示“直觉的,凭感觉理解的”,intuitive design指直觉设计,直观设计,让人一看就懂,比如说电梯上楼的按钮就标向上的箭头等设计,用户很容易上手使用,没有学习成本。
This app isn't user-friendly. It took me forever just to figure out how to save my work.
这个app对用户一点都不友好,我花了好久才弄明白如何保存作品。
I had to watch a tutorial just to learn how to delete a file. It should be a lot simpler than this.
我得去看教程才懂怎么删除文件,不应该这么复杂的。tutorial UK /tjuː'tɔːriəl/, US /tuːˈtɔːriəl/, 名词,表示产品使用或者流程操作的说明书、视频演示教程。
Why is the search bar at the bottom of the page? I expected it to be at the top like every other site.
为什么搜索框在页面底部?我以为会和其他网站一样在顶部。
05 - Unclear Instructions
指示不清晰。
I keep getting this error message, but it doesn't tell me what's wrong or how to fix it.
我老是收到这条错误提示,但是里边又没说到底是什么问题,应该怎么解决。
The instructions are so vague. I don't know what to do next.
指示说明很模糊,我不知道下一步要做什么。
06 - Not Mobile-Friendly
移动端不好用。-friendly这个后缀在构词时通常表示“不破坏…的,对…无害的”或者“适合…使用的”。mobile UK /'məʊbaɪl/, US /'məʊbl/, 作形容词表示“移动的”,作名词可以表示“手机”,mobile-friendly就是“适合移动端使用的”。
The mobile version keeps cutting off parts of the screen. I can't see everything.
手机版总是截断部分屏幕,看不到所有内容。
The text is so small on my phone. I have to keep zooming in and scrolling just to read it.
字显示在我手机上太小了,必须一直放大然后滑动页面才能看。zoom in表示相机拉近镜头,让拍摄对象更大。在手机屏幕上用手指放大页面也叫zoom in, 缩小叫zoom out.
The layout is totally broken on my phone. The images and text are overlapping.
在我的手机上看,布局全乱了,图片和文字重叠。
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