mode中等

The networked computer is an amazing device, the first media machine that serves as the mode of production, means of distribution, site of reception, and place of praise and critique.

联网计算机是一种令人惊叹的设备，是第一台集生产方式、传播手段、接收场所以及赞扬与批评之地于一身的媒体机器。

First, most people do not realise that there are strong commercial agendas at work to keep them in passive consumption mode.

第一，大多数人没有意识到，有强大的商业企图在起作用，使他们一直处于被动消费的模式中。

For all the possibilities of our new culture machines, most people are still stuck in download mode.

尽管我们的新型文化机器提供了种种可能，大多数人仍困于“下载”模式中。