If we long to believe that the stars rise and set for us, that we are the reason there is a Universe, does science do us a disservice in deflating our conceits?
— Carl Sagan  ·  No category

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universe ['junɪvɝs] 词频3 词根: ver
n. 宇宙;天地万物; 经验领域;
💡 uni一个+vers转向+e→统一旋转→宇宙
"Scientists disagree about how the universe was created."
科学家对宇宙是怎样形成的有分歧。
近义：world, cosmos
science ['saɪəns] 词频1 词根: sci
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
long [lɔŋ] 词频1 词根: /lə/
adj. 长的;长时间的;冗长的，过长的;长音的; adv. 长久地;始终;遥远地; n. 长时间，长时期;[语]长音节;（服装的）长尺寸;长裤; vi. 渴望，极想;
💡 渴望见到很 长的龙（long） 长龙（拼音long)摆尾 网友：顾亮亮 补充：龙很长
"How long will I be under the anaesthetic ?"
我会麻醉多长时间？
近义：lengthened, lengthy, moderately, pretty, quite, rather 反义：little, minute, small, squat, slight
believe [bɪ'liv] 词频1
v. 信任;料想;笃信宗教; vt. 相信;以为，认为;对…信以为真;信任;
💡 相信是（be）梨（li）前夜（eve）变的 网友：accountant accountant 补充： belife---believe ife---ieve
"I don't believe you!"
我不相信你的话！
近义：hold, opine, reckon, contend, adjudge, suppose 反义：question, disbelieve, misbelieve, challenge, confute, discredit
rise [raiz] 词频1
vi. 上升;增强;（数量）增加;休会; n. （数量或水平的）增加;兴起;（数量、价格、价值等的）增长;（日、月等的）升起; vt. 使…浮上水面;使（鸟）飞起;复活;发酵;
💡 红日(se)升起，金色(se)满天
"the rise of the bourgeoisie in the nineteenth century"
19世纪中产阶级的兴起
近义：arise, ascend, peak, stand, tower, uprise 反义：lapse, lower, peter, reduce, subside, deescalate
reason ['rizn] 词频1 词根: 思考
n. 理由;原因;理性;理智; vt.& vi. 推理，思考;争辩;辩论;向…解释;
💡 再（re）生一个（a）儿子(son)， 理由是第一个儿子夭折了
"The reason for the flood was that heavy rain."
水灾是那场大雨造成的.
近义：ratiocinate, think, conclude, deduce, deduct, motivation 反义：idiocy, applesauce, imbecility, inaccuracy, inanity, mistake

📜 Carl Sagan 的更多名言

"If you want to make an apple pie from scratch, you must first create the universe."
"Absence of evidence is not evidence of absence."
"A celibate clergy is an especially good idea, because it tends to suppress any hereditary propensity toward fanaticism."
"One glance at a book and you hear the voice of another person, perhaps someone dead for 1,000 years. To read is to voyage through time."
"If you want to bake an apple pie from scratch, you must first create the Universe."
"Who are we? We find that we live on an insignificant planet of a humdrum star lost in a galaxy tucked away in some forgotten corner of a universe in which there are far more galaxies than people."
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— Unknown
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— Mahatma Gandhi
"A throw of the dice will never abolish chance."
— Stephane Mallarme
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"There's always something to suggest that you'll never be who you wanted to be. Your choice is to take it or keep on moving."
— Unknown
"How beautiful maleness is, if it finds its right expression."
— D. H. Lawrence
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