But what's the big deal with tribology?

但是摩擦学有什么大不了的呢？

Some routine maintenance is directly connected to tribology.

常维护与摩擦学直接相关。

Thank you for that sound, tribology.

谢谢你的声，摩擦学。

But it has a technical name: tribology.

但它有个专业名称：摩擦学。

Tribology research has helped us reduce friction and therefore increase fuel efficiency and reduce emissions.

摩擦学研究帮助我们减少摩擦，从而提燃油效率并减少排放。

So when you look at the numbers, tribology can do some amazing things.

所以当你看数字时，摩擦学可以做惊人的事情。

But tribology is also defined as the science of interacting surfaces in relative motion.

但摩擦学也被定义为在相对运动中相互作用的表面的科学。

Holmberg and Erdemir have actually done some great studies showing the impact tribology research can have on reducing our energy consumption.

Holmberg 和 Erdemir 实际上已经做了伟大的研究，表明摩擦学研究可以对减少我们的能源消耗产生影响。

This happened just by putting 31 people in a room who viewed the world through a tribology lens.

这只是通过将 31 个人放在个房间里，让他们通过摩擦学镜头观察世界而发生的。

Imagine the opportunities that will reveal themselves as more of us start to see tribology all around.

想象下，随着我们中越来越多的人开始全面了解摩擦学，将会发现很多机会。

Tribology is the study of wear and friction, and with tires, friction can be the difference between a safe arrival and a car accident.

摩擦学是对磨损和摩擦的研究， 对于轮胎，摩擦可能是安全到达和车祸之间的区别。

Tribology may be a funny-sounding word, but it has a huge impact on our world.

摩擦学可能是个听起来很滑稽的词，但它对我们的世界产生了巨大的影响。

(Laughter) This is tribology in action.

（笑声） 这是摩擦学在起作用。

It's part of the nearly nine percent of our current global energy consumption that the authors identified tribology can help us save.

这是我们目前全球能源消耗的近 9% 的部分，作者发现摩擦学可以帮助我们节省能源。

Pretty common in the ankle, so any of my fellow foot-wigglers out there may suddenly find themselves curious about the tribology of tendons.

在脚踝中很常见，所以我的任何个脚扭动者可能会突然发现自己对肌腱的摩擦学感到好奇。

I encourage you to start seeing tribology in the world around you and to think about how you would improve those interacting surfaces you experience.

我鼓励您开始了解您周围世界的摩擦学，并思考您将如何改善您体验到的那相互作用的表面。

To put this in perspective: one quad of energy is roughly equivalent to 180 million barrels of oil, and tribology can help us save 20 times that.

换句话说：四分之的能源大约相当于 1.8 亿桶石油，而摩擦学可以帮助我们节省 20 倍的能源。

And I think you'll be surprised at how significant a little bit of tribology can be in alleviating some very large problems. Tribology is the study of friction, wear and lubrication.

而且我认为您会惊讶于摩擦学在缓解非常大的问题方面的重要性。摩擦学是研究摩擦、磨损和润滑的学科。