系统：system有几种意思

I was lucky enough to be born in a time and place where society values my talent, and gave me a good education to develop that talent, and set up the laws and the financial system to let me do what I love doing — and make a lot of money doing it.

——warren Edward Buffett

很幸运的是，我出生的很是时候，社会看重我的天赋，还给了我受到良好教育的机会，并且设定了法律和经济系统让我能大展身手并且赚了很多钱。

——沃伦·巴菲特

一、你知道system有几种含义吗？

n.

1.体系，系统；分类法；组织 a regularly interacting or interdependent group of items forming a unified whole

It was an intricate and ingenious system.

这是一个复杂而精致的体系。

2.设备，装置 a group of devices or artificial objects or an organization forming a network especially for distributing something or serving a common purpose

The heating system has recently been modified to make it more efficient.

最近供暖设备已稍加改动以提高效率。

3.制度；主义 organized set of ideas or theories or a particular way of doing sth

Public opinion was against the old feudal system.

公众舆论反对旧的封建制度。

4.方式；方法；作业方法 an organized or established procedure

He ventured to reprobate that common system.

他很大胆地摈弃了一般常用的那种方式。

5.身体，全身；机体 a group of body organs that together perform one or more vital functions

Too much tea is bad for the system.

喝茶过多有害身体。

二、接下来，做个填词游戏吧

We have to weigh the cost of the new ______ against the benefits it will bring.

我们必须权衡一下起用新系统所需的成本和它将带来的效益。