The great tragedy of Science - the slaying of a beautiful hypothesis by an ugly fact.
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n. 悲剧,惨剧;悲剧文学;悲剧理论,悲剧表演艺术;悲剧式作品;
💡 trag 表”山羊”,后引申为”悲剧”(最开始的悲剧是撒克逊人的山羊剧)##ode, ody 【希腊传入拉丁】表”歌,诗”#词根助记:trag(=山羊)+edy=山羊之歌(古代羊人剧是悲剧的前身)=悲剧
"a leaning towards comedy rather than tragedy"
偏爱喜剧而不是悲剧
近义:holocaust, misfortune, calamity, catastrophe, debacle, disaster
反义:joy, bliss, blithe, felicity, godspeed, happiness
adj. 美丽的,美好的;极好的;
💡 beauti美丽+ful...的→美的,美丽的
"The time has come for action if these beautiful animals are to survive."
若要使这些美丽的动物能生存下去,现在就要行动起来。
近义:arresting, lovable, lovely, beauteous, charming, adorable
反义:homely, inartistic, unaesthetic, unattractive, unbeautiful, uncomely
n. 假设,假说;[逻]前提;
💡 hypo下面,次等+thesis论文→还不是正式的理论→假说
"The results confirmed his hypothesis on the use of modal verbs."
结果证实了他的关于情态动词用法的假设.
近义:assumption, postulate, presumption, reasoning, supposition, surmise
n. 科学;技术,知识;学科;理科;
💡 sci知道+ence名词后缀 → 科学;学问
"a degree in computer science"
计算机科学学位
adj. 伟大的,杰出的;优异的,显著的;很多的;重大的;
adv. [口语]很好地;令人满意地,成功地,顺利地;得意地;
n. 大人物们;伟大人物;重要人物,大师;名家;
💡 联想:“贵的”就是伟大的 网友:12 补充:gr 工人 eat吃 解决工人吃饭问题,不就是伟大的问题。great 伟大
"According to Mick, it's a great movie."
据米克说,这是一部了不起的电影。
近义:super, awesome, cool, fine, large, big
反义:minute, pokey, poky, short, small, tiny
adj. 难看的;丑陋的;有敌意的;不祥的;
n. 丑陋的人(东西);
💡 阿哥你(谐音):阿哥你很 丑,但你很温柔 李逵很 丑,被太太称为“阿哥李”(谐音)
"There were ugly scenes in the streets last night as rioting continued."
昨晚暴乱持续之际,街上险象环生。
近义:homely, inartistic, unaesthetic, unattractive, unbeautiful, uncomely
反义:lovable, lovely, neat, nice, smart, super