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discovery

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解释

n. 发现，发觉；被发现的事物

※ 提供单词"discovery"的中文意思、发音示范及音标对照，中英文词源、例句和用法等。

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.

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例句和用法

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)

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。

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。

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。

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。