It is now quite lawful for a Catholic woman to avoid pregnancy by a resort to mathematics, though she is still forbidden to resort to physics or chemistry.
?? 名句詞匯解析
從本句名言中提取的重要詞匯，幫助你深度理解這句話
vt. 避開，避免，預防;[法]使無效，撤銷，廢止;
?? a=out處于+void空→empty out空出來→避開，避免
"Write clear definitions in order to avoid ambiguity."
釋義要寫清楚以免產生歧義。
近義：parry, avert, prevent, shirk, shun, sidestep
反義：approach, initiate, launch, start, tackle, wage
vi. 求助于或訴諸某事物，采取某手段或方法應急或作為對策;
n. 求助，憑借，訴諸;熱鬧場所，娛樂場，度假勝地;采用的辦法;常去，人多，人群;
?? sort =kind,表示”種類”#詞根助記：re反復+sort分出=經常把……分出來=常去的地方,常用的手段
"One has sometimes to resort to these little devices."
人們有時還得依靠這些小玩意兒.
近義：recur, complex, resource, source, sunspot
n. 數學;〈詩〉同“ripen”;算學;
?? mathemat=mathematic數學的+ ics 名詞后綴→ 數學
"a dictionary of mathematics"
數學詞典
近義：arithmetic, math, maths
n. 物理學;物理現象;物理成分;
?? phys物理 + ics 名詞后綴, 表示“...學”→ 物理學
"the characterization of physics as the study of simplicity"
把物理學界定為一門探求簡單規律的學問
n. 化學;物質的化學組成（或性質），化學作用（現象）;（常指有強烈性吸引力的）兩人間的關系;〈比喻〉神秘的變化（過程）;
?? chemist藥劑師+ry...業 →化學
"a degree in chemistry"
化學學位
adv. 相當，很;非常;確實如此;
?? 教室非常（quite）安靜（quiet）
"The scheme seems on the surface to be quite practical."
這個方案表面上看來似乎很實際.
近義：long, mighty, moderately, much, perfectly, pretty
反義：incompletely, approximately, insufficiently, miserably, nearly, poorly