'Change' is scientific, 'progress' is ethical; change is indubitable, whereas progress is a matter of controversy.
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n. 进步;前进;[生物学]进化;(向更高方向)增长;
v. (使)进步,(使)进行;发展;促进;
vi. 发展;(向更高方向)增进;
💡 pro向前,在前+gress走→向前走
"She watched the cow's ponderous progress."
她看着牛迟缓地向前走着。
近义:improve, unfold, advance, develop, evolve, gestate
反义:pullback, pullout, recoil, retirement, walkout, withdrawal
n. 公开辩论;论战;
💡 contro相反+vers转变+y表状态、行为→ 使结论向相反方向转变→争论;议论
"The issue engendered controversy."
这个问题引起了争论。
近义:contention, dispute, argument, jangle, polemic, polemics
反义:arrangement, negotiation, pact, bargain, settlement, treaty
adj. 科学的;有系统的;应用科学的;精通学理的,有学问的;
💡 sci知道+ent...的+ific表形容词→知道的很多的 →科学的
"the greatest scientific achievement of the decade"
这十年最伟大的科学成就
vt. 改变,变更;交换,替换;兑换;换衣服(床单);
vi. 改变,转变;交换,互换;换衣,更衣;
n. 变化,改变;交换,交替;零钱,找头;代替物;
💡 产(chan)鸽(ge) 改变有 零钱 网友:张腾 补充:chang 为 常,e为娥,常娥奔月代表月亮,而月亮是变化无常的。用联想分拆法记下
"political groups agitating for social change"
鼓吹社会变革的政治团体
近义:switch, modify, mutate, transform, unsettle, upset
反义:hold, husband, keep, prop, save, steady
ethical
['eθikəl]
adj. 伦理学的;道德的,伦理的;凭处方出售的;
n. 凭医师处方出售的药品;
"It was a debate which aroused fervent ethical arguments."
那是一场引发强烈的伦理道德争论的辩论.
近义:moral, righteous
反义:immodest, indecent, iniquitous, lewd, obscene, piacular
indubitable
[in'dju:bitəbl]
adj. 不容置疑的,明确无疑的;无可置疑;
"The indubitable evidence we produced bore down our opponents in the debate."
我们在辩论中提出的不容置疑的证据,击败了对方.
近义:inarguable, incontestable, incontrovertible, indisputable, irrefragable, irrefutable
反义:implausible, improbable, uncertain, unlikely