0604硅谷夜未眠：为什么科技达人痴迷睡眠技术顺理成章｜经济学人(8)

align with/lan/
If you align something, you place it in a certain position in relation to something else, usually parallel to it. 使对齐；与一致
例：A tripod will be useful to align and steady the camera.三脚架会有助于对齐稳住照相机。
cult [n]
The cultof something is a situation in which people regard that thing as very important or special. 狂热；崇拜
例：...the cult of youth that recently gripped publishing.…近期吸引了出版界的年青人的狂热。
fastidious /fstds, f-/ [a]
If you say that someone is fastidious, you mean that they pay great attention to detail because they like everything to be very neat, accurate, and in good order.一丝不苟的；注重细节的；苛求的
例：...her fastidious attention to historical detail.…她对历史细节极为细致的关注。
Relentlessly [ad]残酷地，无情地
be for wimps懦夫能做到；不算什么能耐
wimp [c]
a weak person who lacks confidence, courage, etc.懦弱的人；胆小鬼
例：I was too much of a wimp[=coward] to confront him.我实在太懦弱了，不敢和他对抗。
round the clock.24小时；做时间状语
Never mind that a study published in 2015, by researchers at Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, found that sleep-tracking devices could not accurately measure sleep, and that claims made about them were long on hype and short on solid evidence. Ignore the fact that another study,