每日英语 · 2026-10-11
Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.
Arthur C. Clarke · Profiles of the Future · 1962 · Clarke's Third Law；见于 Hazards of Prophecy: The Failure of Imagination 一章
译文
任何足够先进的技术，都与魔法难以区分。
语法
- 主干是系表结构：Any sufficiently advanced technology（主语）+ is（系动词）+ indistinguishable from magic（表语）。整句是对“充分发展的技术”下的一个判断。
- sufficiently advanced 是副词 + 过去分词作形容词，修饰 technology：sufficiently 表示“达到足够程度”，advanced 表示“先进的”。
- indistinguishable from 是固定搭配，意思是“与……无法区分”。from 后面接对比对象 magic，强调两者在观察者看来一样。
词汇
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sufficiently /səˈfɪʃəntli/ adv.
足够地、充分地
搭配：sufficiently advanced / large / clear
The clock must be sufficiently stable for USB timing.
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advanced /ədˈvænst/ adj.
先进的、高级的；也可指深入的
搭配：advanced technology / features / course
This MCU has advanced DMA that can chain transfers.
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indistinguishable /ˌɪndɪˈstɪŋɡwɪʃəbl/ adj.
无法区分的、难以辨别的
搭配：indistinguishable from
At that scale, noise was indistinguishable from the signal.
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technology /tekˈnɒlədʒi/ n.
技术、科技
搭配：advanced technology, wireless technology
Embedded technology often looks like magic until you open the datasheet.
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magic /ˈmædʒɪk/ n.
魔法；也可引申为神奇、不可思议的效果
搭配：like magic, work like magic
The bootloader update worked like magic after we fixed the CRC.
笔记
做嵌入式时，别人眼里的“魔法”，往往只是你已经吃透的寄存器和时序。今天读一句，想想哪块板级现象对你来说还像魔法——然后拆开它。