It is now quite lawful for a Catholic woman to avoid pregnancy by a resort to mathematics, though she is still forbidden to resort to physics or chemistry.
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vt. 避开，避免，预防;[法]使无效，撤销，废止;
💡 a=out处于+void空→empty out空出来→避开，避免
"Write clear definitions in order to avoid ambiguity."
释义要写清楚以免产生歧义。
近义：parry, avert, prevent, shirk, shun, sidestep
反义：approach, initiate, launch, start, tackle, wage
vi. 求助于或诉诸某事物，采取某手段或方法应急或作为对策;
n. 求助，凭借，诉诸;热闹场所，娱乐场，度假胜地;采用的办法;常去，人多，人群;
💡 sort =kind,表示”种类”#词根助记：re反复+sort分出=经常把……分出来=常去的地方,常用的手段
"One has sometimes to resort to these little devices."
人们有时还得依靠这些小玩意儿.
近义：recur, complex, resource, source, sunspot
n. 数学;〈诗〉同“ripen”;算学;
💡 mathemat=mathematic数学的+ ics 名词后缀→ 数学
"a dictionary of mathematics"
数学词典
近义：arithmetic, math, maths
n. 物理学;物理现象;物理成分;
💡 phys物理 + ics 名词后缀, 表示“...学”→ 物理学
"the characterization of physics as the study of simplicity"
把物理学界定为一门探求简单规律的学问
n. 化学;物质的化学组成（或性质），化学作用（现象）;（常指有强烈性吸引力的）两人间的关系;〈比喻〉神秘的变化（过程）;
💡 chemist药剂师+ry...业 →化学
"a degree in chemistry"
化学学位
adv. 相当，很;非常;确实如此;
💡 教室非常（quite）安静（quiet）
"The scheme seems on the surface to be quite practical."
这个方案表面上看来似乎很实际.
近义：long, mighty, moderately, much, perfectly, pretty
反义：incompletely, approximately, insufficiently, miserably, nearly, poorly