每日英语 · 2026-10-16
The best way to predict the future is to invent it.
Alan Kay · Remark associated with Xerox PARC / personal computing talks · 1971 · 常溯至约 1971 年 Alan Kay 在个人计算愿景相关场合的表述；他本人亦多次确认过这一说法。
译文
预测未来的最好方法，就是去创造它。
语法
- 主干是 The best way ... is to invent it：主语 the best way，系动词 is，表语是不定式 to invent it。
- to predict the future 是后置定语，修饰 way，表示「用来……的方式」；英语里 the best / a good way to do sth 是极常用结构。
- 两个 to do 分工不同：to predict 修饰名词 way，to invent 作表语，说明「是什么」。
词汇
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predict /prɪˈdɪkt/ v.
预测；预言
搭配：predict the future; predict an outcome; hard to predict
It is hard to predict how long the bring-up will take.
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invent /ɪnˈvent/ v.
发明；创造（句中指主动把未来做出来）
搭配：invent a solution; invent the future; newly invented
We did not wait for a library; we invented a small driver of our own.
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the best way to /ðə best weɪ tə/ phrase
……的最好办法
搭配：the best way to learn; the best way to fix; the only way to
The best way to learn a datasheet is to try the registers on real silicon.
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future /ˈfjuːtʃə(r)/ n.
未来；前途
搭配：in the future; the near future; shape the future
Open tools shape the future of embedded workflows.
笔记
做工程也一样：与其猜下一步会怎样，不如动手把原型做出来。今天试着口头说一句：The best way to ______ is to ______.