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  • In all likelihood, you've got a handful of favorite apps you use all the time, and that's that. You don't need any more, and ain't nobody got time for shuffling1 through the App Store anyway, right? Every year ushers2 in a new crop of apps worthy3 of your attention for one reason or another, and 2016 was no different. Embrace the new! Here are eight of the year's best apps we think deserve a download.

    在很多你喜欢的常用app中很有可能就有这些年度最受欢迎的app。有了这些你甚至不需要其他更多的app,想必也没有人有时间尝试app商店里的每个应用软件,对吧?每一年,在app新领域中的“佼佼者”都值得我们的关注,2016年也一样。让我们一起追赶潮流!以下是八个我们认为值得下载的软件。

    Hyper

    Who's it for: Anyone who loves watching quality videos on the internet

    适用人群:任何喜欢在网上看高清视频的人

    iOS: Free

    iOS:免费

    Although Hyper hit the iPad in 2015, an iPhone-specific version debuted4 this year, and it's fantastic. It's staffed by filmmakers who curate the best video content on the web at the moment -- from original short films to up-and-coming comedy, short-form documentaries, and news. You swipe Tinder-style through the picks, watching those that interest you on the spot, or saving them for later. As you swipe, the app is acquainted with your tastes, and will eventually begin serving up videos that you're more likely to want to watch or save. Once you use it for a few days, you'll be hooked.

    Hyper虽然在2015年是iPad 上炙手可热的App,但随着iPhone专用版的推出,也获得了很好的反响。这个App的制作团队是由时下最优秀的视频制片人组成的--从原来的微电影到喜剧,简短的纪录片和新闻都有涉猎。你可以从精选出的视频中挑选看你感兴趣的内容,也可以之后将视频保存下来。当你观看一些视频时,app也会熟悉你的喜好,并将根据你的喜好给你推荐一些你可能想看或保存的视频。一旦使用了几天后,你就会上瘾。

    PhotoScan

    照片扫描仪

    Who's it for: Nostalgists with old photos they want to digitize

    适用于:想要将旧照片数字化的怀旧者

    iOS: Free

    iOS:免费

    Android: Free

    Android:免费

    Even though it's easier than ever to snap and store photos, finding a way to digitize your old photographs without sacrificing quality or spending a bunch of money has been a challenge for the nostalgic among us. Google changed that this year with PhotoScan, an app that allows you to instantly scan and digitize high-res versions of your old photos using your phone's camera, then securely save them to your device or the cloud.

    尽管现在比以往更容易捕捉和存储照片,但要想在不损坏照片质量和花不多的钱的条件下将你的老照片数字化处理着实对我们身边的怀旧者来说是一项挑战。而谷歌实现了这一目标,制作出了照片扫描仪这一软件,它可以让你实现用手机照相机快速地扫描和数字化高清照片,之后也可以安全地将他们保存到你的设备或是云端。

    Albert

    Who's it for: People who'd like a little help budgeting or organizing their finances

    适用于:需要帮助预算或者管理资金的人

    iOS: Free

    iOS:免费

    Albert syncs with your accounts to track your spending, but it goes beyond by auditing5 your financial health every month and offering up actionable advice on how to manage your money long-term. For instance, it might suggest taking out a low-interest loan to pay off credit card debt, getting renter's insurance, or tweaking your retirement6 plan so you can better navigate7 your financial future.

    A

    lbert会同步您的帐户来记录你的开支,不仅如此,它还会审计你的每月财务状况以及在如何长期理财方面给你提出建设性的意见。例如,它可能会建议低利率贷款来偿还信用卡债务,让租客上保险,或者调整你的退休计划,这样你就可以更好地预视到你未来的财务状况。

    Google Trips

    谷歌旅行

    Who's it for: Frequent travelers who could use a little help getting organized

    适用于:只需要一些帮助就能组织一场旅行的经常旅行的人

    iOS: Free

    iOS: 免费

    Android: Free

    Android:免费

    Trips is a super-smart and handy travel app. Not only does it pull together all of your reservation info (airline, hotel, train, etc.) into one place for easy offline access, but it makes it incredibly easy to create a custom half- or full-day itinerary8 incorporating spots you already know you'd like to see as well as attractions, bars, and restaurants it recommends.

    谷歌旅行是一个超级智能和方便的旅行APP。它不仅把你所有的预订信息(航空公司、酒店、火车等)汇集到一个地方以方便线下浏览,也能很容易地创建一个半天或全天的行程安排,而这些行程里也已经包含了你想去的地方,也会给你建议一些名胜景点、酒吧和餐厅。

    Prisma

    棱镜

    Who's it for: Amateur photographers in search of stunning9 post-production effects

    适用于:想要惊人的后期制作效果的业余摄影爱好者

    iOS: Free

    iOS:免费

    Android: Free

    Android:免费

    Although the best way to filter your Instagram photos is to make them look like they aren't filtered at all, sometimes you just want to unleash10 your inner artiste. Prisma, which despite its youth has already become one of the most popular photo-editing apps out there, is uniquely suited to transform your pics into works of art. It's powered by an artificially intelligent program that essentially11 re-paints your shot from scratch, leaving you with a truly unique finished product. In terms of control, it does the bulk12 of the work, but you get to choose from over 30 different artistic13 styles for it to emulate14.

    虽然过滤你的Instagram照片的最佳方式是让他们看起来像没有过滤一样,但有时你只是想释放你内心的艺术情怀。尽管Prisma还没有发布很久,但已经成为最受欢迎的照片编辑应用程序之一,它可以将你的照片转变成为一件艺术品。这是一个人工智能的程序,通过改变你抓拍的照片的色调,呈现给你一个真正独特的成品。在控制方面,它也下了很大的功夫,你可以从30个不同的艺术风格里选择并运用于你的照片。

    NPR One

    美国国家公共之声

    Who's it for: Radio and podcast fanatics15 looking for a more customized content

    适用于:想要寻找更多自定义内容的广播和播客狂热者

    iOS: Free

    iOS:免费

    Android: Free

    Android:免费

    Amazon: Free

    Amazon:免费

    Windows: Free

    Windows:免费

    Even if you aren't an avid16 NPR listener, this app may well turn you into one. It allows you to curate a custom stream of NPR programming while also keeping you up to speed on the latest news of the day. When you queue it up with headphones in, it hits you with the latest headlines, then dives into other stories and shows from various local NPR stations. If you like something, you give it a thumbs-up, or you skip it -- it eventually learns your tastes and serves up more and more of what you want to hear.

    即使你不是一个狂热的NPR听众,这个程序也会把你变成一个狂热的NPR听众。它允许你设置一个自定义的NPR节目收藏,同时也会让你及时收到每天的最新新闻。当你带上耳机听新闻时,它会为你播放最新头条,然后会切换到不同地方的NPR之声,播放故事或节目。如果你喜欢某个节目,你点了赞,或是跳过了它,它最终都会了解你的喜好然后为你提供更多你想听的内容。

    Day One2

    一天2

    Who's it for: Anyone who wants to be better at archiving their life and experiences

    适用于:任何想要更好地记录生活经历的人

    iOS: $4.99

    iOS:4.99美元

    Although the 1.0 version of the journaling app Day One launched five years ago, the confusingly named Day One 2 app is essentially an entire rebuild, and incorporates a crop of great new features. For instance, now you can do things like add up to 10 different photos to individual entries, easily organize multiple different journals (maybe you have one for work, one personal one, another just for vacations, etc.), and switch to a map view to visualize17 entries based on where you were when you wrote them.

    虽然这个日志应用程序第一版在五年前就已推出,但这款app的第二个版本的设计完全颠覆了上一个版本,并包含了很多新功能。例如,你现在可以上传最多10张不同的图片作为个人作品,也可以轻松管理大量日志(也许你有一个工作的分类,一个人的,另一个是休假的等等),并切换到地图看你是在哪里记录下的这些日志。

    Pokémon GO

    口袋妖怪

    Who's it for: Everyone who wants a glimpse into the future of AR

    适用于:任何想试试未来的“增强现实技术”的人

    iOS: Free

    iOS:免费

    Android: Free

    Android:免费

    It had the most first-week downloads of any app ever in the Apple App Store, and grossed the most revenue and downloads of any mobile game ever in its first month. Pokémon GO may have been an objectively silly app that caused people to risk their lives to "catch" tiny virtual monsters, but this mobile phenomenon18 gives us insight into the future of gaming appsthat meld the virtual and real world in an engaging way.

    它已经在苹果App应用商店占据了第一周的下载量之首,也在上市的第一个月,在所有手机游戏中收获了最高的收入和下载量。宠物精灵去也许是一个现实化的应用软件,引起了人们想要冒着生命危险“抓”小小的虚拟的怪物的欲望,但这种现象也让我们看到了游戏软件的未来,即将虚拟和现实世界相融合。

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    1 shuffling ['ʃʌflɪŋ] 03b785186d0322e5a1a31c105fc534ee   第8级
    adj. 慢慢移动的, 滑移的 动词shuffle的现在分词形式
    参考例句:
    • Don't go shuffling along as if you were dead. 别像个死人似地拖着脚走。 来自英汉文学 - 嘉莉妹妹
    • Some one was shuffling by on the sidewalk. 外面的人行道上有人拖着脚走过。 来自英汉文学 - 嘉莉妹妹
    2 ushers [ˈʌʃəz] 4d39dce0f047e8d64962e1a6e93054d1   第8级
    n.引座员( usher的名词复数 );招待员;门房;助理教员v.引,领,陪同( usher的第三人称单数 )
    参考例句:
    • Seats clicked, ushers bowed while he looked blandly on. 座位发出啪啦啪啦的声响,领座员朝客人们鞠躬,而他在一边温和殷勤地看着。 来自英汉文学 - 嘉莉妹妹
    • The minister then offers a brief prayer of dedication, and the ushers return to their seats. 于是牧师又做了一个简短的奉献的祈祷,各招待员也各自回座位。 来自辞典例句
    3 worthy [ˈwɜ:ði] vftwB   第7级
    adj.(of)值得的,配得上的;有价值的
    参考例句:
    • I did not esteem him to be worthy of trust. 我认为他不值得信赖。
    • There occurred nothing that was worthy to be mentioned. 没有值得一提的事发生。
    4 debuted [] b3e2d85131439fe8678f6628fda0ec90   第10级
    初次表演,初次登台(debut的过去式与过去分词形式)
    参考例句:
    • In late 2003 a full-size SUV, the Pathfinder Armada, debuted. 2003年末,全尺寸SUV的探路者无敌舰队,推出。
    • The album debuted at number two and quickly went platinum. 专辑一亮相就荣登排行榜第二名,很快就取得了白金销量。
    5 auditing ['ɔ:dɪtɪŋ] JyVzib   第11级
    n.审计,查账,决算
    参考例句:
    • Auditing standards are the rules governing how an audit is performed. 收支检查标准是一个控制稽核如何被运行的规则。
    • The auditing services market is dominated by a few large accounting firms. 审计服务市场被几家大型会计公司独占了。
    6 retirement [rɪˈtaɪəmənt] TWoxH   第7级
    n.退休,退职
    参考例句:
    • She wanted to enjoy her retirement without being beset by financial worries. 她想享受退休生活而不必为金钱担忧。
    • I have to put everything away for my retirement. 我必须把一切都积蓄起来以便退休后用。
    7 navigate [ˈnævɪgeɪt] 4Gyxu   第9级
    vi.航行,飞行;导航,领航;vt.驾驶,操纵;使通过;航行于
    参考例句:
    • He was the first man to navigate the Atlantic by air. 他是第一个飞越大西洋的人。
    • Such boats can navigate on the Nile. 这种船可以在尼罗河上航行。
    8 itinerary [aɪˈtɪnərəri] M3Myu   第9级
    n.行程表,旅行路线;旅行计划
    参考例句:
    • The two sides have agreed on the itinerary of the visit. 双方商定了访问日程。
    • The next place on our itinerary was Silistra. 我们行程的下一站是锡利斯特拉。
    9 stunning [ˈstʌnɪŋ] NhGzDh   第10级
    adj.极好的;使人晕倒的
    参考例句:
    • His plays are distinguished only by their stunning mediocrity. 他的戏剧与众不同之处就是平凡得出奇。
    • The finished effect was absolutely stunning. 完工后的效果非常美。
    10 unleash [ʌnˈli:ʃ] bjewz   第7级
    vt.发泄,发出;解带子放开
    参考例句:
    • They hope to create allies to unleash against diseases, pests, and invasive species. 他们希望创造出一些新群体来对付疾病、害虫和一些有侵害性的物种。
    • We need to unleash the pent up capital and creativity. 我们需要释放被压抑的资本和创造力。
    11 essentially [ɪˈsenʃəli] nntxw   第8级
    adv.本质上,实质上,基本上
    参考例句:
    • Really great men are essentially modest. 真正的伟人大都很谦虚。
    • She is an essentially selfish person. 她本质上是个自私自利的人。
    12 bulk [bʌlk] 5Scy0   第7级
    n.容积,体积;大块,大批;大部分,大多数;vt. 使扩大,使形成大量;使显得重要
    参考例句:
    • The bulk of the population concentrates in the cities. 大部分人口集中在城市里。
    • Your money could bulk up to a fortune if you save everything you can. 如果你尽可能节约的话,你会积蓄一笔财富。
    13 artistic [ɑ:ˈtɪstɪk] IeWyG   第7级
    adj.艺术(家)的,美术(家)的;善于艺术创作的
    参考例句:
    • The picture on this screen is a good artistic work. 这屏风上的画是件很好的艺术品。
    • These artistic handicrafts are very popular with foreign friends. 外国朋友很喜欢这些美术工艺品。
    14 emulate [ˈemjuleɪt] tpqx9   第7级
    vt.努力赶上或超越,与…竞争;效仿;n.仿真,仿效
    参考例句:
    • You must work hard to emulate your sister. 你必须努力工作,赶上你姐姐。
    • You must look at the film and try to emulate his behavior. 你们必须观看这部电影,并尽力模仿他的动作。
    15 fanatics [fə'nætɪks] b39691a04ddffdf6b4b620155fcc8d78   第8级
    狂热者,入迷者( fanatic的名词复数 )
    参考例句:
    • The heathen temple was torn down by a crowd of religions fanatics. 异教徒的神殿被一群宗教狂热分子拆除了。
    • Placing nukes in the hands of baby-faced fanatics? 把核弹交给一些宗教狂热者手里?
    16 avid [ˈævɪd] ponyI   第9级
    adj.热心的;贪婪的;渴望的;劲头十足的
    参考例句:
    • He is rich, but he is still avid of more money. 他很富有,但他还想贪图更多的钱。
    • She was avid for praise from her coach. 那女孩渴望得到教练的称赞。
    17 visualize [ˈvɪʒuəlaɪz] yeJzsZ   第7级
    vt.使看得见,使具体化,想象,设想
    参考例句:
    • I remember meeting the man before but I can't visualize him. 我记得以前见过那个人,但他的样子我想不起来了。
    • She couldn't visualize flying through space. 她无法想像在太空中飞行的景象。
    18 phenomenon [fəˈnɒmɪnən] DNQxo   第8级
    n.现象,特殊的人,特殊的事物,奇迹
    参考例句:
    • Beethoven was a phenomenon among many musicians. 贝多芬是众多的音乐家中的天才。
    • How do you explain this phenomenon? 这种现象怎样解释?

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