The grand aim of all science is to cover the greatest number of empirical facts by logical deduction from the smallest number of hypotheses or axioms.
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v. 遮蓋;掩蔽;涉及;灑上;
n. 覆蓋物;避難所;掩護;封面;
?? cover→覆蓋；遮蔽；占（時間或空間）；掩護；包括
"Senior government figures must have acquiesced in the cover-up."
政府高級官員必然已經默許掩蓋真相。
近義：hide, line, roof, seal, veil, blanket
反義：uncap, uncork, uncover, bare, undress, expose
n. 數字;數量;號碼;編號;
v. 標號;總計;把…算作;
?? numer, number 表示”數字”;”計算”,”估算”
"The number of people employed in agriculture has fallen in the last decade."
過去十年，農業從業人數已經下降。
近義：numerate, reckon, recount, sum, tally, cipher
反義：remove, subduct, take, withdraw, deduct
adj. 憑經驗的;經驗主義的;以觀察或實驗為依據的;
?? peri, piri 表穿過,通過,嘗試#詞根助記：em=(im在……中)+piri=在嘗試中=經驗主義
"We now have empirical evidence that the moon is covered with dust."
現在我們有實踐經驗證明月球上布滿了灰塵.
近義：practical, empiric
反義：hypothetical, speculative, theoretical
n. 推演，推理，演繹;（推理所得出的）結論;扣除，減除;扣除的量;
?? duc,duct =lead,bring,表示”引導,帶來”#詞根助記：de向下+duce引→向下引→推論
"No deduction in pay is made for absence due to illness."
因病請假不扣工資.
近義：rebate, subtraction, discount, implication, inference, conclusion
反義：adding, annex, annexation
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
adj. 宏大的，宏偉的;（最）重要的;豪華的;
n. 一千美元;大鋼琴;
?? grandfather(祖父)-grand(莊重的)+father(父親) 女孩(gr)和(and) 豪華的大款是朋友
"It's not a very grand house."
這房子并不是十分富麗堂皇。
近義：imposing, junoesque, lavish, magnificent, majestic, majestical
反義：idle, immaterial, inconsequential, inconsiderable, insubstantial, meaningless