Vera's curious talent was brought to the notice of a scientific research institute in the town of Ulyanovsk, near where she lives,
維拉的特異功能引起了她家附近烏里揚諾夫斯克城一個科研單位的注意。
新概念英語第四冊
Lesson 4 Seeing hands
?? 句中詞匯解析
從本句中提取的重要詞匯
adj. 好奇的; 好求知的;奇妙的; 稀奇的;
?? cur關(guān)心+ious….的→關(guān)心的,好奇的
"They were very curious about the people who lived upstairs."
他們對住在樓上的人感到很好奇。
近義:odd, peculiar, rare, strange, uncommon, unconventional
反義:artless, modest, mundane, ordinary, pedestrian, average
n. 注意;布告;警告;預(yù)告;
vt.& vi. 注意;
vt. 通知;留心;關(guān)照;注意到;
vi. 引起注意;
?? not知道,注意+ice表名詞 → 注意;通知
"The notice was set above the door, and I didn't see it."
通知貼在門的上方, 我沒看見.
近義:apprehend, note, observe, perceive, realize, see
反義:ignore, overlook, pass, unheed, disregard, neglect
n. 研究,追究;探討,探測;調(diào)查;探索;
vi. 做研究;探究;(從市場調(diào)研中)得出所預(yù)測的結(jié)果;
vt. 從事…的研究,為…而做研究;
?? re(again)+search(to go round)→研究;調(diào)查
"Recent research has cast new light on the causes of the disease."
最新研究使人們進一步了解了這種疾病的起因.
近義:inquire, investigate, ask, probe, sleuth, study
vt. 建立;制定;開始;著手;
n. 協(xié)會;學(xué)會;學(xué)院;(教育、專業(yè)等)機構(gòu);
?? in內(nèi)部+stitut建立+e→建立在內(nèi)部的→學(xué)院;制定,設(shè)立
"the Institute of Chartered Accountants"
(英國皇家)特許會計師協(xié)會
近義:inchoate, initiate, institutionalize, integrate, articulate, make
反義:invalidate, abrogate, negate, nullify, omit, outlaw
adj. 科學(xué)的;有系統(tǒng)的;應(yīng)用科學(xué)的;精通學(xué)理的,有學(xué)問的;
?? sci知道+ent...的+ific表形容詞→知道的很多的 →科學(xué)的
"the greatest scientific achievement of the decade"
這十年最偉大的科學(xué)成就