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单词 techno-thriller
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techno-thriller n.
Brit. /ˈtɛknəʊˌθrɪlə/
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U.S. /ˈtɛknoʊˌθrɪlər/
a novel or film in the spy or crime genre, the plot and action of which involves much scientific and technological detail.
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1978 Observer 3 Dec. 36/8 (advt.) Techno-thriller by the man they call the new Le Carré.
1986 Washington Post 20 Jan. c16/1 World War III could be..waged..on cool and bloodless plains of silicon and won by software sabotage of the enemy's crucial computer systems. That is the timely and arresting premise of ‘Softwar’, a French techno-thriller.
1996 SFX May 51/2 Very much a technothriller in nature, Bugs is something of a contemporary take on Mission: Impossible, with its scenario of three freelance crimebusters using cutting-edge hardware to thwart the bad guys and right wrongs.
2002 Daily Tel. 25 Nov. 17/3 It's a highly polished example of the genre he pioneered—the techno-thriller. You not only get a suspenseful page-turner about corporate greed and scientific overreaching, but also a mini-education in such arcane subjects as nanotechnology and computer viruses.
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