Heuristic function

heuristic [hjuə'ristik;hju'ristik]

adj. 启发式的;探试的，探索的;

function ['fʌŋkʃən]

n. 功能，作用;应变量，函数;职务;重大聚会; vi. 有或起作用;行使职责;

funct活动+ion表名词 → 功能

But when Robbie was born,

但当Robbie出生后，

Please lend an ear to this man's important news.

请注意倾听有关这个男人的重大新闻。

I'm afraid I can't agree with you. That's a good way of giving information, but it's not a good way of persuading people. For one thing, it's boring, and people aren't going to read an ad that looks boring. For another thing, one computer looks very like

恐怕我不能同意你的意见。那是个通报信息的好办法，但并非是使人信服的好办法。一是它很乏味，人们是不会去读一则看起来很乏味的广告的。其次，计算机彼此都很相像。人们不会记住产品的名字的。