如今，設(shè)計(jì)師和廠商都絞盡腦汁，為產(chǎn)品延展出很多不必要的功能。于是，在生活中，豆?jié){機(jī)不僅能熬豆?jié){，還可以煲粥、榨汁、攪肉餡；一支筆不止能寫字，還能充當(dāng)涂改液、發(fā)出激光當(dāng)激光筆等情況隨處可見。事實(shí)上，很多時(shí)候，我們根本用不著這些五花八門、亂七八糟的功能，只要返璞歸真的原始功能。

Defeature is a verb referring to return a product to its original or most basic purpose by removing features that do not contribute or apply to that purpose.
Defeature是個(gè)動(dòng)詞，指通過去除某產(chǎn)品多余的功能使其恢復(fù)最原始或最基礎(chǔ)的用途。

The "dumbphone" is a perfect example. British designer Jasper Morrison recently launched the telephone in collaboration with Swiss tech company Punkt. The defeatured mobile handset only makes calls and accepts voice mail.
“愚笨型手機(jī)”就是個(gè)極好的例子。英國設(shè)計(jì)師賈思帕·莫里森最近與瑞士科技公司Punkt合作，推出了一款手機(jī)。這種“返璞歸真”的手機(jī)只能用來打電話和接收語音郵件。

For Example:
This may seem obvious today but at the time all the mp3 player manufactures were competing on how to get more features into the player, which was a losing proposition. In the case of the Nike+, they've taken the idea of defeaturing the device even further. The device itself has no display and no interactions. You simply put it in your shoe.
如今，雖然這點(diǎn)貌似顯而易見，但在那個(gè)所有mp3播放器制造商都在較量如何為播放器增加更多功能的時(shí)代，卻是個(gè)失敗的提案。在Nike+的案例中，他們已經(jīng)采納進(jìn)一步去除該產(chǎn)品多余功能，恢復(fù)其基礎(chǔ)用途的想法。該產(chǎn)品本身既無播放也無互動(dòng)功能，只需將它放進(jìn)你的鞋里。

（中國日?qǐng)?bào)網(wǎng)英語點(diǎn)津 丁一）