Why, on the theory of Creation, should there be so much variety and so little real novelty?
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n. 学说;理论;原理;推测;
💡 theor思考 + y 抽象名词 → n. 理论,原理;学说;意见,看法
"the articulation of his theory"
他的理论的表述
近义:hypothesis, assumption, postulate, postulation, premise, presumption
n. 多样;种类;杂耍;变化,多样化;
💡 vari变化+ety名词后缀→变化,多样化
"The test is used to diagnose a variety of diseases."
此项化验可用于诊断多种疾病。
近义:assortment, miscellany, multiplicity, range, selection, diversity
反义:monotone, monotony, nondistinctness, regularity, sameness, uniformity
n. 新奇;新奇的事物;新颖小巧而价廉的物品;
💡 novel新奇+ty表名词 →新奇事情
"There's a certain novelty value in this approach."
这种方法有一定的新意。
近义:fad, newness, recentness, recency
n. 制造,创造;创造物,产物;(尤指<圣经>所述由上帝)创造天地,宇宙;(爵位等的)封授;
"the process of database creation"
数据库的创建过程
近义:inception, making, origin, projection, beginning, conception
反义:havoc, killing, liquidation, obliteration, ravage, ravaging
adj. 小的;琐碎的;娇小的;幼小的;
adv. 不多,略微;少许,一点;短时间地;
n. (表示否定)微少;没有多少;短时间;
det. (数量上)微少的,少到几乎没有的;(a little)少量的,一些;
"His little affectations irritated her."
他的装腔作势令她不快。
近义:minute, pokey, poky, short, small, tiny
反义:large, major, sizeable, sizable, some, capital
adj. 真的;真实的,现实的;事实上的;真诚的;
adv. 真正,实在;确实地;
n. 实在,现实;实数;
"I made a real balls-up of my exams."
我考试考得一塌糊涂。
近义:legitimate, authentic, sterling, true, truthful, unfeigned
反义:imaginary, utopical, visional, chimeric, chimerical, dreamlike