Was the philosopher who refused to look through Galileo's telescope more culpable than those who alleged that the spiral nebulae observed with Lord Rosse's great telescope in the eighteen-forties were scratches left by the grinder?
某位哲学家曾拒绝使用伽利略的望远镜去观察天空；到了19世纪40年代，有人硬把罗斯勋爵高倍望远镜观测到的螺旋状星云说成是磨镜工留下的磨痕。难道反对伽利略的哲学家比诋毁罗斯勋爵造谣者应受到更大的谴责吗？
新概念英语第四册
Lesson 32 Galileo reborn
📚 句中词汇解析
从本句中提取的重要词汇
n. 哲学家，哲人;思想家，学者;豁达的人;爱卖弄大道理者;
💡 philo爱+soph智慧+er者→哲学家，思想家
"the Greek philosopher Aristotle"
希腊哲学家亚里士多德
近义：thinker, philosophe
n. 望远镜;
vt.& vi. （使某物）变短（叠缩在一起）;（使某物）叠缩，嵌入;
vt. 压缩某物使其少占空间或时间;
💡 tele远，传送+scope看→看远方→望远镜
"to look at the stars through a telescope"
用望远镜观察星星
近义：abridge, abstract, shorten, summarize, vignette, brief
adj. 应受谴责的，应受处罚的，有罪的;
💡 culp =fault,表示”错,罪”#词根助记：culp+able有…的
"The judge found the man culpable."
法官认为那个人有罪.
近义：guilty
vt.& vi. 看，瞧;
vi. 注意;面向;寻找;看起来好像;
n. 看;（尤指吸引人的）相貌;眼神;样子;
int. （插话或唤起注意）喂，听我说;
💡 l(棍)+oo(双眼)+k(开):挣开双眼搜索棍- 看
"That uniform makes the guards look absurd."
警卫们穿着那种制服看起来怪模怪样的。
近义：appear, seem, see, appearance, image, area
adj. 声称的，所谓的;被断言的;可疑的，靠不住的;
v. 宣称，断言( allege的过去式和过去分词);
"It was alleged that he had taken bribes while in office."
他被指称在任时收受贿赂。
近义：hypothetical, intended, assumed, phony, presumptive, pretended
反义：acknowledged, familiar