亚马逊推无人机快递 30分钟内到货
日期:2013-12-04 14:49

(单词翻译:单击)

Diapers and Kindles delivered to your doorstep not by truck, not by plane or train — but by drone?
你能想象一架无人机,而不是卡车、飞机或火车,将你订购的尿布、电子阅读器送到你家门口吗?
Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos says that this reality may be just four or five years away.
亚马逊网站首席执行官杰夫·贝索斯称,这一远景有望在四、五年内成为现实。
In a interview with Charlie Rose on CBS’s “60 Minutes” Bezos showed off Amazon-branded drones that he says can travel 10 miles and carry packages weighing up to five pounds to doorsteps in less than 30 minutes.
杰夫·贝索斯日前做客CBS电视台的《60分钟》新闻节目,在与主持人查理·罗斯的交谈中,杰夫展示了亚马逊研发的无人机。他称这台无人机可以在30分钟之内行驶10英里距离,将5磅重以下的包裹送货上门。
“These are octocopters,” Bezos said in the interview. “These are effectively drones, but there’s no reason these can’t be used as delivery vehicles.”
“这是一种八翼无人机,”贝索斯在采访中说,“它们是非常有效率的无人机,没有什么理由它们不能用来送货。”
You won’t be seeing them anytime soon — the FAA has yet to release rules about how unmanned flying vehicles may be used — but Bezos said he thinks Amazon could start offering a “Prime Air” service within four or five years.
这种无人机目前还不会被广泛应用,还有待联邦航空局对无人驾驶飞行器的行为规范做出相关规定。但是贝索斯称,四、五年内亚马逊就应该可以开始提供这种“Prime Air”服务。
“It will work, and it will happen,” Bezos said. The truth is that the FAA will ultimately decide that.
贝索斯说,“这种运输方式不仅行之有效的,而且具备现实的条件。” 此言是否属实,最终还得须由联邦航空局来决定。

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重点单词
  • effectivelyadv. 事实上,有效地
  • primeadj. 最初的,首要的,最好的,典型的 n. 青春,壮
  • minutesn. 会议记录,(复数)分钟
  • releasen. 释放,让渡,发行 vt. 释放,让与,准予发表,发
  • dronen. 雄蜂,游手好闲者,嗡嗡声,无人驾驶飞机(或艇等),
  • planeadj. 平的,与飞机有关的 n. 飞机,水平,水准,刨
  • ultimatelyadv. 最后,最终
  • interviewn. 接见,会见,面试,面谈 vt. 接见,采访,对 .
  • deliveryn. 递送,交付,分娩