because the environment that determines our evolution is no longer essentially physical.
因为决定我们进化环境的主要方面已不再是物质。
新概念英语第四册
Lesson 45 Of men and galaxies
📚 句中词汇解析
从本句中提取的重要词汇
conj. 因为;
💡 cause, cuse 表原因,目的;司法程序,诉讼
"He was arrested because of his political affiliation."
他因所属政党的关系而被捕。
近义：since, whereas, for, forasmuchas
n. 环境，外界;周围，围绕;工作平台;（运行）环境;
💡 environ 环境+ ment 表示行为、行为的过程或结果 → n.环境，外界；围绕
"A bad home environment can affect a child's healthy growth."
不良的家庭环境能影响儿童的健康成长.
近义：milieu, nature, atmosphere, background, space, surroundings
n. 演变;进化;发展;
💡 e出+volu卷+tion表名词→卷入事物的开端 → 进化
"the evolution of the human species"
人类的进化
近义：headway, improvement, progress, promotion, stride, transformism
反义：logjam, marasmus, paralyzation, stagnancy, stalemate, standstill
adj. 自然（界）的;身体的;物质的;自然规律的;
n. 身体检查，体格检查;
💡 phys生理领域 + ical ...的 → a.物质的；物理的；身体的
"the cult of physical fitness"
健身热
近义：material, personal, substantial, bodily, concrete, corporal
反义：unworldly
adv. 本质上，根本上;本来;“essential“的派生;
"There are three essentially different ways of tackling the problem."
解决这个问题有三种根本不同的方法。
近义：inherently, practically, basically, substantially, crucially, fundamentally