The computer will still be unable to predict whether Princeton,New Jersey, will have sun or rain on a day one month away.
计算机无法推断出1个月以后的某一天,新泽西州的普林斯顿究竟是晴天还是雨天。
新概念英语第四册
Lesson 14 The Butterfly Effect
📚 句中词汇解析
从本句中提取的重要词汇
n. (电子)计算机,电脑;
💡 com一起+put认为,思考+er表名词,物 → 帮助一起思考的机器 → 计算机
"The memory expansion cards are useful adjuncts to the computer."
内存扩充卡是计算机很有用的附件。
近义:software, computational, computing
adj. 不能的,不会的;无能力的,不熟练的;不能胜任的;〈罕,诗〉弱,无力的;
💡 un不+able形容词后缀, 具有某种性质的 → 不能的, 不会的
"Hundreds of people were unable to gain admittance to the hall."
数以百计的人未能获准进入大厅。
近义:incapable, incompetent, uncapable, unfit, unqualified, bumbling
vt. 预言,预测;预示,预告;
vi. 预言,预示:预言某事,预言;
💡 pre….前的,预先+dict说→预先说→预言
"We can't predict the outcome. There are too many imponderables."
我们无法预测结果。难以逆料的情况太多了。
近义:herald, omen, augur, portend, prefigure, presage
反义:approve, ascertain, prove, ratify, reaffirm, sanction
adv. 离开,远离;在远处;消失;
adj. 不在的;遥远的;客场比赛;
💡 a(on)+broad→在远方;离去;不在
"In the hotel, the old men were drinking away as usual."
在旅馆里, 这些老人和往常一样喝个不停.
近义:abroad, out, outdoors, outside, without
adv. 仍,仍然;更,还要;静静地;〈诗〉常,不断地;
adj. 不动的,静止的;不狂暴的,温柔的;没有活力的,死气沉沉的;
n. 平静,寂静;剧照;静止摄影;蒸馏器;
vt.& vi. (使某物)平静下来,安静;〈古〉烧(酒),蒸馏;
conj. 但是;然而;
"Although he's nearly 80, he is still very active."
尽管快80岁了,他还是十分活跃。
近义:hush, appease, lull, assuage, mollify, pacify
反义:incite, perturb, shake, trouble, upheave, upset