For now the app is also iPad-exclusive, and though a few of these educational institutions are giving the hardware away for free, for other students who don't have such a luxury it's an added layer of cost — and an expensive one at that.
出自-2013年6月阅读原文
One problem for students to replace traditional textbooks with interactive digital ones is the high cost of the hardware
出自-2013年6月阅读原文
For the consumer, it's a matter of paying now for the hardware to save later on the utilities.
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英语六级真题
Companies that have long focused on hardware now have to think of ecosystems instead to give consumers practical solutions to their everyday problems.
出自-2016年12月阅读原文
Companies that have long focused on hardware now have to think of ecosystems instead to give consumers practical solutions to their everyday problems.
2016年12月六级真题（第二套）阅读 Section B
In 2009 an old Russian craft slammed into a communications satellite, creating a cloud of hundreds of pieces of debris and putting other hardware at risk.
2019年6月六级真题（第二套）阅读 Section C
柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义
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（计算机）硬件
In computer systems, hardware refers to the machines themselves as opposed to the programs which tell the machines what to do.
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重武器;军事装备
Military hardware is the machinery and equipment that is used by the armed forces, such as tanks, aircraft, and missiles.
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（家庭和园艺用的）五金制品，金属器具
Hardware refers to tools and equipment that are used in the home and garden, for example saucepans, screwdrivers, and lawnmowers.