電子設(shè)備“敲打式維護”

來自小時候的記憶：電視播放不流暢了，用手拍拍電視機;收音機接收信號不佳，就把收音機挪個地方或者敲打兩下;手表走得不準(zhǔn)了，就拿起來晃一晃。我們生活中的這些設(shè)備，在很多時候是不需要專門的技術(shù)來維護的，時不時敲打幾下就能正常運轉(zhuǎn)。這就是我們今天說的“敲打式維護”。

Percussive maintenance refers the use of physical concussion, a knock or a tap, in an attempt to make a malfunctioning device work instead of asking for professional help.

“敲打式維護”指設(shè)備有故障的時候，不找專門的維護人員，而是用敲打的方式讓其恢復(fù)運轉(zhuǎn)。

Percussive maintenance happens when your piece of electronic device — television, computer, etc — won't work, you give it a sharp unscientific whack to revive it. And it often works.

電視或電腦等電子設(shè)備出故障的時候，你有時會通過敲打的方式讓其恢復(fù)運轉(zhuǎn)。而且這種方式通常都會管用。

For example:

My computer keyboard didn't work yesterday, I couldn't type even a single letter. After a percussive maintenance, it worked like a newly-bought.

昨天我的電腦鍵盤壞了，連一個字母都打不出來。我給敲打了一下，然后就跟新買的一樣好用了。