Could any spectacle, for instance, be more grimly whimsical than that of gunners ourselves very seriously what will happen if this twofold use of knowledge, with its ever-increasing power, continues.
炮兵利用科學毀壞人的身體、而外科醫生就在附近用科學搶救被炮兵毀壞的人體，還有什么情景比這更可怕、更怪誕的嗎？我們不得不嚴肅地問問我們自己：隨著日益增長的知識的力量，如果我們繼續利用知識的這種雙重性，將會發生什么樣的情況呢？
新概念英語第四冊
Lesson 22 Knowledge and progress
?? 句中詞匯解析
從本句中提取的重要詞匯
n. 眼鏡;奇觀，壯觀;光景，景象;表演，場面;
?? spect看+acle表名詞→看的東西→眼鏡
"He got drunk and made a spectacle of himself in the club."
他喝得酩酊大醉,在俱樂部大出洋相.
近義：landscape, scene, sight, view, show, act
n. 例子，實例;情況;要求，建議;[法]訴訟手續;
vt. 舉…為例;
?? in(upon)+stan(stand)+ce(名詞后綴)→建議；實例；訴訟程序；例證
"It is not a unique instance , but has its counterpart."
無獨有偶.
近義：exemplify, occurrence, example, occasion, opportunity, case
adj. 異想天開的;反復無常的;古怪的，奇形怪狀的;
?? whims虛妄 + ical ...的 → adj. 古怪的；異想天開的；反復無常的
"to have a whimsical sense of humour"
有離奇的幽默感
近義：inconsistent, inconstant, arbitral, arbitrary, skittish, unpredictable
反義：orthodox, academic, square, straight, traditional, complaisant
adv. 認真地;嚴肅地;嚴重地;
?? serious嚴肅的 + ly ...地→ adv. 認真地；嚴重地，嚴肅地
"Her father is seriously ill in St Luke's hospital."
她父親住在圣路加醫院，病情很重。
近義：owlishly, responsibly, unsmilingly, earnestly, gravely
反義：casually
vi. 發生;碰巧;出現;偶然遇到;
?? hap(luck)+pen(動詞后綴)→發生；偶然發生；碰巧
"It's frightening to think it could happen again."
想到此事可能再次發生就使人不寒而栗。
近義：arise, issue, occur, pass, supervene, transpire