In completing one discovery we never fail to get an imperfect knowledge of others of which we could have no idea before, so that we cannot solve one doubt without creating several new ones.
— Joseph Priestley  ·  No category

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discovery [dɪ'skʌvəri] 词频1 词根: discover
n. 发现，发觉;（剧情的）发展;被发现的事物;[法]显示证据;
💡 discover发现+y表名词 →掀开 → 发现
"The discovery of distillation is usually accredited to the Arabs of the 11th century."
通常认为，蒸馏法是阿拉伯人在11世纪发明的。
近义：invention, strike, disclosure, find, finding
fail [fel] 词频1
vt.& vi. 失败，不及格;倒闭，破产;缺乏;衰退; vi. 衰退;失败，不及格;破产;不足; vt. 不及格;使失望;忘记;舍弃; n. 失败，失误;不及格;不及格者;[商]期货交割失期;
💡 fals, fall =err,deceive,表示”犯错误,欺骗”
"I will give you a present on your birthday without fail."
你生日时我一定送你一份礼物.
近义：flunk, miscarry, renege, bungle, default, fizzle 反义：qualify, prosper, thrive, triumph, win, overcome
knowledge ['nɑlɪdʒ] 词频1 词根: 知道
n. 了解，理解;知识（表示多方面的知识时有复数knowledges这一用法）;学科;见闻;
💡 know知道+ledge框架 → 知识
"She has acquired a good knowledge of English."
她英语已经学得很好。
近义：idea, learning, notion, background, sageness, sapience 反义：nescience, philistinism, unacquaintance, unawareness, unfamiliarity, benightedness
solve [sɔlv] 词频2 词根: solv
vt. 解决;解答;解释;清偿（债务）;
💡 solv松的+e → 解释；解决
"Attempts are being made to solve the problem of waste disposal."
正在想办法解决废物处理的问题。
近义：release, resolve, settle, clear, crack, discharge 反义：implicate, ravel, snag, snarl, swamp, tangle
doubt [daʊt] 词频1 词根: dou
n. 怀疑，疑虑;未确定; vt. 怀疑，疑惑; vi. 不确定，不能肯定或怀疑;
💡 doubt二→二种状态→怀疑
"a feeling of doubt and uncertainty"
迟疑不定的感受
近义：disbelieve, hesitation, hesitate, mistrust, question, stagger 反义：prove, reassure, verify, vouch, check, demonstrate
imperfect [[im'pə:fikt]] 词频4
a. 不完美的, 不完整的, 减弱的, 未完成过去时的\\nn. 未完成体
近义：incomplete, bad, sketchy, unaccomplished, uncompleted, unfinished 反义：ideal, absolute, masterful, proper, suitable, supreme

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"The more elaborate our means of communication, the less we communicate."
"Could we have entered into the mind of Sir Isaac Newton, and have traced all the steps by which he produced his great works, we might see nothing very extraordinary in the process."
"Will is nothing more than a particular case of the general doctrine of association of ideas, and therefore a perfectly mechanical thing."
"What I have known with respect to myself, has tended much to lessen both my admiration, and my contempt, of others."
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