【读书笔记】Scientific American Feb,2019（23）

Words and phrases

1.visage NOUN( literary) a person's face （人的）脸，面容=face

2.credit (for sth) :praise or approval because you are responsible for sth good that has happened 赞扬；称赞；认可◆ He's a player who rarely seems to get the credit he deserves. 他这个选手好像很少得到应得的赞扬。

3.calling card名片；(某人或某事的)标志，标志，特色；在场证据

4.agile adj

   1>able to move quickly and easily （动作）敏捷的，灵活的SYN nimble 

   2>able to think quickly and in an intelligent way （思维）机敏的，机灵的

5.lob+ adv./prep:( informal) to throw sth so that it goes quite high through the air （往空中）高扔，高抛，高掷

    ◆ Stones were lobbed over the wall. 有人把石块扔过了围墙。

6.locale  NOUN( technical 术语 or formal) a place where sth happens 发生地点；现场

7.detonate (sth)：to explode, or to make a bomb or other device explode （使）爆炸；引爆；起爆◆ Two other bombs failed to detonate. 另外两枚炸弹未引爆。

8.file away:to put and keep documents, etc. in a particular place and in a particular order so that you can find them easily; to put a document into a file 把（文件等）归档

9.miss in action (游戏）某人在地图上消失的意思，让队友提高警惕。 

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Sentences

1.Scientists ask whether clinical VR is finally "ready for primetime".If today's larger studies bear out previous findings,the answer seem to be an obvious "yes".

科学家质疑临床虚拟现实是否终于“为黄金时代做好了准备”。如果现在的研究证实了之前的发现，那答案似乎是很明显的“是”。

primetime 黄金时间