The great tragedy of Science - the slaying of a beautiful hypothesis by an ugly fact.

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tragedy ['tr?d??di] 詞頻2
n. 悲劇,慘劇;悲劇文學;悲劇理論,悲劇表演藝術;悲劇式作品;
?? trag 表”山羊”,后引申為”悲劇”(最開始的悲劇是撒克遜人的山羊劇)##ode, ody 【希臘傳入拉丁】表”歌,詩”#詞根助記:trag(=山羊)+edy=山羊之歌(古代羊人劇是悲劇的前身)=悲劇
"a leaning towards comedy rather than tragedy"
偏愛喜劇而不是悲劇
近義:holocaust, misfortune, calamity, catastrophe, debacle, disaster 反義:joy, bliss, blithe, felicity, godspeed, happiness
beautiful ['bj?t?f?l] 詞頻1 詞根: bell
adj. 美麗的,美好的;極好的;
?? beauti美麗+ful...的→美的,美麗的
"The time has come for action if these beautiful animals are to survive."
若要使這些美麗的動物能生存下去,現在就要行動起來。
近義:arresting, lovable, lovely, beauteous, charming, adorable 反義:homely, inartistic, unaesthetic, unattractive, unbeautiful, uncomely
hypothesis [ha?'pɑθ?s?s] 詞根: hypo
n. 假設,假說;[邏]前提;
?? hypo下面,次等+thesis論文→還不是正式的理論→假說
"The results confirmed his hypothesis on the use of modal verbs."
結果證實了他的關于情態動詞用法的假設.
近義:assumption, postulate, presumption, reasoning, supposition, surmise
science ['sa??ns] 詞頻1 詞根: sci
n. 科學;技術,知識;學科;理科;
?? sci知道+ence名詞后綴 → 科學;學問
"a degree in computer science"
計算機科學學位
great [ɡret] 詞頻1
adj. 偉大的,杰出的;優異的,顯著的;很多的;重大的; adv. [口語]很好地;令人滿意地,成功地,順利地;得意地; n. 大人物們;偉大人物;重要人物,大師;名家;
?? 聯想:“貴的”就是偉大的 網友:12 補充:gr 工人 eat吃 解決工人吃飯問題,不就是偉大的問題。great 偉大
"According to Mick, it's a great movie."
據米克說,這是一部了不起的電影。
近義:super, awesome, cool, fine, large, big 反義:minute, pokey, poky, short, small, tiny
ugly ['?ɡli] 詞頻2
adj. 難看的;丑陋的;有敵意的;不祥的; n. 丑陋的人(東西);
?? 阿哥你(諧音):阿哥你很 丑,但你很溫柔 李逵很 丑,被太太稱為“阿哥李”(諧音)
"There were ugly scenes in the streets last night as rioting continued."
昨晚暴亂持續之際,街上險象環生。
近義:homely, inartistic, unaesthetic, unattractive, unbeautiful, uncomely 反義:lovable, lovely, neat, nice, smart, super

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