Mathematics may be defined as the subject in which we never know what we are talking about, nor whether what we are saying is true.
— Bertrand Russell  ·  Mathematics

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mathematics [,mæθə'mætɪks] 词频4 词根: mathemat
n. 数学;〈诗〉同“ripen”;算学;
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"a dictionary of mathematics"
数学词典
近义：arithmetic, math, maths
subject [ˈsʌbdʒekt] 词频1 词根: sub
n. 主题，话题;学科，科目;[哲]主观; adj. 须服从…的;（在君主等）统治下的; v. 提供，提出;使…隶属;
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"She was dreading having to broach the subject of money to her father."
她正在为不得不向父亲提出钱的事犯愁。
近义：overpower, subdue, subjugate, submit, subordinate, tyrannize 反义：loose, save, deliver, emancipate, enfranchise, extricate
know [no] 词频1 词根: 知道
v. 知道;了解;认识;确信; n. 知情;
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"Do you know your ABC?"
你认识所有的字母吗？
近义：learn, understand, get, cognize, comprehend, meet
whether ['wɛðɚ] 词频1
pron. 其中的哪一个; n. 可能的选择;
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"I spent days agonizing over whether to take the job or not."
我用了好些天苦苦思考是否接受这个工作。
近义：if
saying [['seiiŋ]] 词频3
n. 叙述, 话, 说, 言论
近义：aphorism, articulation, maxim, proverb, saw, utterance
true [tru] 词频1
adj. 真正的;真实的;忠实的;正确的; adv. 真正地;确实地;正确地;正当地; n. 真理，真实;正，准，精确; vt. 摆正;决定（某物）的位置以使其平衡、平稳或水平;
"A whale is a fish. True or false?"
鲸鱼是鱼，对还是错？
近义：legitimate, original, authentic, real, sterling, truthful 反义：illegitimate, imitation, artificial, mock, phoney, phony

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"Every living thing is a sort of imperialist, seeking to transform as much as possible of its environment into itself."
"The human race may well become extinct before the end of the century."
"Men who are unhappy, like men who sleep badly, are always proud of the fact."
"The secret of happiness is this: Let your interests be as wide as possible, and let your reactions to the things and persons that interest you be as far as possible friendly rather that hostile."
"Mathematics, rightly viewed, possesses not only truth, but supreme beauty - a beauty cold and austere, like that of sculpture."
"The main things which seem to me important on their own account, and not merely as means to other things, are knowledge, art, instinctive happiness, and relations of friendship or affection."
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🏷 更多「Mathematics」名言

"The mathematics is not there till we put it there."
— Sir Arthur Eddington
"Mathematics is the queen of the sciences."
— Carl Friedrich Gauss
"We used to think that if we knew one, we knew two, because one and one are two. We are finding that we must learn a great deal more about 'and'."
— Sir Arthur Eddington
"I went off to college planning to major in math or philosophy-- of course, both those ideas are really the same idea."
— Frank Wilczek
"Proof is the idol before whom the pure mathematician tortures himself."
— Sir Arthur Eddington
"Do not worry about your difficulties in Mathematics. I can assure you mine are still greater."
— Albert Einstein
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