Word of the Day: January 25, 2021
optimization
最佳化
noun ahp-tuh-muh-ZAY-shun
Definition
: an act, process, or methodology of making something (such as a design, system, or decision) as fully perfect, functional, or effective as possible; specifically : the mathematical procedures (such as finding the maximum of a function) involved in this。
使做某事的行為、流程或方法能夠完美完備、具有實用性或有效性；具體來講：這裡包含數學程序（如找到一個函數的最大值）
Examples
"A writer who is unfamiliar with writing for websites and SEO (search engine optimization) would do well to learn the basic principles. These include where and how to use keywords, how to structure sentences and paragraphs, and how to link to other websites." — SFGate.com, 9 Jan. 2021
不熟悉網絡寫作和SEO（搜尋引擎優化）的作家將會很容易學習其基本原理。其中包括在何時何地的使用關鍵字，如何組織句子和段落，以及如何連接到其他網站上。」
"'Try your best to keep working on sleep optimization ... remember that optimizing sleep may not always lead to feeling different during the day, but at least it is helping with immune system support,' [Dr. Lisa Medalie] said. 'If you are at least doing your best to optimize sleep and get enough sleep, that is all you can control.'" — Darcel Rockett, The Chicago Tribune, 28 Mar. 2020
「竭盡全力進行睡眠優化……記住，優化睡眠不一定會導致白天的感覺有所不同，但至少在免疫系統方面有所幫助。」 麗莎·梅達莉說，如果您正在盡力優化睡眠並獲得充足的睡眠的話，那麼您就可以控制的一切了。
Did You Know?
Optimization started its gradual perfection in mid-19th-century English, when it was derived from optimize, a word first used in the early part of that same century with the meaning "to make the best or most of." In basic applications, optimization refers to the act or process of making something as good as it can be. In the 21st century, it has seen much use in technical contexts having to do with attaining the best possible functionality, as in "network optimization" and "search engine optimization" (SEO). Like the words optimum and optimism (which refer, respectively, to the amount or degree of something that is best or most effective, and to a feeling or belief that good things will happen in the future), optimize and optimization derive from Latin optimus, meaning "best."
Optimization 從19世紀中葉的英語開始逐步完善，最初是從optimize開始的，這個詞在同一個世紀初期首次使用，意思是「 to make the best or most of「盡其所能」」。在基本應用程式中，optimization是指使某物達到最佳狀態的行為或過程。在21世紀，它已在技術環境中與可能獲得最佳的功能有關，例如「network optimization「網絡優化」」和「search engine optimization「搜尋引擎優化」」（SEO）。就像「optimum「最佳的」」和「optimism「樂觀的」」一詞一樣（分別指最佳（最有效）事物的數值或程度，以及未來將發生好事的感覺或信念），optimize和optimization源自拉丁文的optimus， 意思是「best」。
Test Your Vocabulary
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