剑桥雅思3_Reading Passage 3

1.imaginative (adj.) 想象力丰富的

  imaginable (adj.) 能够想象得到的

  e.g.: ‘Hypotheses,’ said Medawar in 1964, ‘are imaginative and inspirational in character’; they are ‘adventures of the mind’.

 

2. inspirational 鼓励的，有启示的

同义替换：motivated

e.g.：‘Hypotheses,’ said Medawar in 1964, ‘are imaginative and inspirational in character’; they are ‘adventures of the mind’.

 

 

3. unbiased  (adj.) 无偏见的，公正的

反义：biased

unprejudiced

反义：prejudiced

e.g.: The formulation of the theory starts with the basic, raw evidence of the senses- simple, unbiased, unprejudiced observation.

 

4. relevant adj.相关联的

同义替换：pertinent

e.g.：The myth is that from a disorderly array of factual information an orderly, relevant theory will somehow emerge.

 

5. emerge (v.) 出现

  e.g.: The myth is that from a disorderly array of factual information an orderly, relevanttheory will somehow emerge.

 

6. initiative  (n.) 主动、始创、发端

  initiate（v.）开始、创始

  initial (adj.) 最处的=original=first

  e.g.: Hypotheses provide the initiative and incentive for the inquiry.

 

7. discard v.丢弃

e.g.：It is in the light of an expectation that some observations are held to be relevant and some irrelevant, that one methodology is chosen and others discarded , that some experiments are conducted and others are not.

 

8. modify (v.) 修改

  modification (n.)

  e.g.: If the predictions you make as a result of deducing certain consequences from your hypothesis are not shown to be correct, then you discard or modify your hypothesis.

 

9. retain (v,) 保持、保留

= maintain

e.g.: Your hypothesis has been supported and may be retained until such time as some further test shows it not to be correct.

 

10. myth n.神话，谣言

e.g.：The myth of scientific method is not only that it is inductive (which we have seen is incorrect) but also that the hypothetic-deductive method proceeds in a step-by-step, inevitable fashion

 

15. fashion n.方式，流行（同义替换：vogue）

e.g.：The myth of scientific method is not only that it is inductive (which we have seen is incorrect) but also that the hypothetic-deductive method proceeds in a step-by-step, inevitable fashion

 

16. output (n.)输出

   反义：input 输入

   e.g.: The worth of the output may be evaluated independently.

 

17. evaluate (v.) 评估

   assess(v.)

   e.g. The worth of the output may be evaluated independently.