discovery

英 [dɪ'skʌv(ə)rɪ] 美[dɪ'skʌvəri]
  • n. 发现,发觉;被发现的事物

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复数: discoveries;

英文词源


discovery (n.)
1550s, "fact of discovering;" see discover + -y (1). Earlier in this sense was discovering (mid-14c.). Meaning "that which is discovered" is from 1630s.

双语例句


1. He knows that he had made a real discovery.
他知道他已经发现了一件真正的珍品. (makeareal discovery发现 了一件真正的珍品)

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2. The discovery is being hailed as The Holy Grail of astronomy.
这一发现圆了天文学界的一个梦想。

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3. This discovery led on to studies of the immune system.
此发现使人们开始对免疫系统进行研究。

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4. This discovery seems to validate the claims of popular astrology.
这个发现似乎能印证流行占星术的一些说法。

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5. Discovery's takeoff this morning from Cape Canaveral was flawless.
“发现”号航天飞机今晨从卡纳维拉尔角顺利发射升空。

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