technical: [17] Greek tékhnē denoted ‘skill, art, craft, trade’ (it may have come from the Indo- European base *tek- ‘shape, make’, which also produced Greek téktōn ‘carpenter, builder’, source of English architect and tectonic [17]). From it was derived the adjective tekhnikós, which passed into English via Latin technicus as technic (now obsolete) and technical. Technique [19] comes from a noun use of the French adjective technique ‘technical’. From the same source come technicolour [20], based on the trademark Technicolor (registered in 1929), and technology [17]. => architect, technique, tectonic, text
technical (adj.)
1610s, "skilled in a particular art or subject," formed in English from technic + -al (1), or in part from Greek tekhnikos "of art; systematic," in reference to persons "skillful, artistic," from tekhne "art, skill, craft" (see techno-).
The sense narrowed to "having to do with the mechanical arts" (1727). Basketball technical foul (one which does not involve contact between opponents) is recorded from 1934. Boxing technical knock-out (one in which the loser is not knocked out) is recorded from 1921; abbreviation TKO is from 1940s. Technical difficulty is from 1805.
权威例句
1. The technical aspects were the concern of the Army.
技术方面由陆军负责。
2. A series of technical foul-ups delayed the launch of the new product.
一系列技术问题延误了新产品的上市。
3. He's just written a book, nicely illustrated and not too technical.
他刚写完一本书,插图精美,内容也并不艰涩。
4. Don't you think we should ask this young man some technical questions?
你不觉得我们应该向这位年轻人请教几个技术问题吗?
5. Many technical experts at the time had doubts about the technology.
当时,许多技术专家对那种工艺抱有疑问。
词语辨析
【technological, technical】
这是一组形近易混词。
technological: a.技术上的。
• a major technological breakthrough 主要技术性突破
technical: a.技术的,工艺(学)的;专门的,深奥的。
• The banker made some technical points about the economy in his speech. 银行家在他的关于经济的演说中提出了几个很专业的论点。