Discovery
[ dɪ'skʌvəri ]
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n. 发现，发觉;（剧情的）发展;被发现的事物;[法]显示证据;
💡 词根助记
discover发现+y表名词 →掀开 → 发现
📝 例句
Nuclear fission would have been a dramatic discovery at any time.
在任何时候，原子核裂变都会成为引人注目的发现。
The great modern advances in chemotherapy have come from the chance discovery.
现代化疗的伟大成就来自一个偶然的发现。
Dr. Fleming's discovery of penicillin occurred in 1928.
弗莱明医生发现青霉素是在一九二八年。
He was reserved for the discovery.= The discovery was reserved for him.
那项发现注定要由他完成。
The discovery was hailed as the scientific sensation of the century.
这一发现被誉为本世纪科学上的轰动事件。
🌱 联想助记
【记】discover-发现,y-似“树枝”:躲在树枝上还是被发现了
✅ 同义词
📖 牛津释义
discovery
n
1
(a) [U] discovering or being discovered 发现; 发觉
a voyage of discovery 探索未知世界的航行
the discovery of Australia 澳洲的发现
the discovery by Franklin that lightning is electricity 富兰克林对闪电即是电这一发现.
(b) [C] act of discovering 发现; 发觉
Scientists have made many important discoveries. 科学家作出了许多重大发现.
He buried the treasure to prevent its discovery. 他将财宝埋了起来以免被人发现.
2 [C] thing discovered 被发现的事物
Like many discoveries, atomic power can be used for good or evil. 正如人类发现的许多事物一样, 原子能既可用来为善, 也可用以作恶.
🔁 扩展释义
*[dis'kʌvәri]n. 发现, 被发现的事物【法】 要求告知, 发现, 发觉
📖 同为「高中」词汇
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Would you call Priscilla Smith at FAO Schwarz, please?
请拨电话给FAO Schwarz的Priscilla Smith ，好吗？
Love rules without a sword and bind without a cord.
爱的统治不用刀枪，捆绑不用绳索。
If an unfair law existed, - and there were many that had been passed by the British rulers in India and South Africa - it was the duty of everyone to disobey this law, but without using violence.
如果存在一个不公平的法律--而且在印度与南非的英国统治者已经通过了许多这样的法律--那么不遵守这一法律是每个人的责任，但不要使用暴力。