Bad repute

bad [bæd]

adj. 坏的，不好的;严重的;不舒服的;低劣的，有害的; n. 坏人，坏事; adv. 不好地，非常地;

repute [rɪ'pjut]

n. 名气;美名;声望;名誉; vt. 把…称为，认为;

re再+pute认为，思考→再让人想起的东西→名声，名誉

Well, we're not sure we can afford one.

嗯 我们还不知道是不是负担得起。

Sure, what did you want to know?

真的，你想知道什么呢？

I'm afraid I can't agree with you. That's a good way of giving information, but it's not a good way of persuading people. For one thing, it's boring, and people aren't going to read an ad that looks boring. For another thing, one computer looks very like

恐怕我不能同意你的意见。那是个通报信息的好办法，但并非是使人信服的好办法。一是它很乏味，人们是不会去读一则看起来很乏味的广告的。其次，计算机彼此都很相像。人们不会记住产品的名字的。