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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It is also not polite to ask people questions about politics.
另外，问一些关于政治和宗教的问题也是不礼貌的。
I got caught in traffic, otherwise I would have been here sooner.
我遇到交通阻塞，否则我很快就到这了。
However, boxing was very crude, for these were no rules and a prizefighter could be seriously injured or even killed during a match.
不过，拳击是十分野蛮的，因为当时没有任何比赛规则，职业拳击手有可能在比赛中受重伤，甚至丧命。