If any choose to maintain, as many do, that species were gradually brought to their maturity from humbler forms ... he is welcome to his hypothesis, but I have nothing to do with it.
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vt. 保持;保养;坚持;固执己见;
💡 main手+tain拿→用手拿住→维持
"The idea is to maintain the regularity of the heartbeat."
问题就是要维持心跳的规律性.
近义：hold, husband, keep, prop, save, steady
n. 物种;种类;类型;[逻辑] 个体;
💡 spec(see)+ies(名词后缀)→种类
"The book described the adaptation of desert species to the hot conditions."
这本书描绘了沙漠物种对炎热环境的适应.
近义：race, pedigree, breed, blood, kind
adv. 逐步地，渐渐地;按部就班地;日趋;冉冉;
💡 grad步+ ual...的 + ly...地→ gradual逐步的+ ly...地 → 逐步地
"The drugs work well at first but gradually lose their effectiveness."
这些药的效果起初非常好,但后来逐渐失效.
近义：increasingly, progressively, seriatim, slowly, successively, consecutively
反义：clean, cold
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
vt. 挑选;认为…比其它更可取;决定或选定;
vi. 选择;进行挑选;
"a wide assortment of gifts to choose from"
各式各样可供挑选的礼品
近义：pick, select, cull, elect, opt, intend
反义：junk, reject, scrap, waive, discount, squash
n. 成熟;完备;（票据等的）到期;[地]壮年期;
"He has maturity beyond his years."
他过于老成。
近义：ripeness, validity, deadline, duedate, expiration, expiry
反义：jejuneness, jejunity, callowness, childishness, infancy, youthfulness