Vocabulary

empirical adj. 經驗主義的，以經驗為依據的；

e.g. There is no empirical evidence to support his thesis.

他的論文缺乏實驗證據的支持。

falsify v. 篡改，偽造

e.g. The charges against him include fraud, bribery, and falsifying business records.

對他的指控包括詐騙、行賄和偽造商業記錄。

deflect v. 轉移，引開(批評、注意力等)

e.g. It's a maneuver to deflect the attention of the people from what is really happening.

這是為將公眾的注意力從真正發生的事情上轉移開而耍的花招。

foil n. 箔紙

v. 阻止，挫敗

e.g. The idea of building a roof terrace was also foiled by the planning authorities.

建造一個帶棚陽臺的想法也被規劃局否決了。

artillery n. 火槍，大炮

apparatus n. 儀器，機械；機構，組織

e.g. One of the boys had to be rescued by firemen wearing breathing apparatus.

其中一個男孩須由帶著呼吸裝置的消防員才能救出。

e.g. For many years, the country had been buried under the apparatus of the regime.

多年來，這個國家一直處于該政權機構的高壓統治下。

ingenious adj. 巧妙的，制作精巧的，新穎獨特的

e.g. Gautier's solution to the puzzle is ingenious.

戈蒂埃破解這道難題的方法很巧妙。

Expression

Science is an ongoing search for truth - a perpetual struggle to discover how the Universe works that goes back to the earliest civilizations.?

（段首，文首）下定義

go back to 追溯到，返回

date back to（定日期）/start off（以...開始）

The best known of the ancient Greek philosophers, Aristotle, wrote widely on scientific subjects and laid foundations for much of the work that has followed.?

widely 廣泛的

lay foundation for 為...奠定基礎

... in which people working in the same or similar field are invited to pick holes in his argument...

pick holes in sth?吹毛求疵

Science rarely proceeds in simple, logical steps.

proceed in ... steps 以...方式發展

Meanwhile, in India, China, and the Mediterranean, people tried to make sense of the movement of the heavenly bodies.

make sense of : understand

Just 40 years later this led to the human genome project, which seemed a daunting task in prospect, and yet, aided by computing, got faster and faster as it progressed.?

整個長句只用了一個定語從句，一個連詞and和一個后置定語就說清楚了整個流程，一氣呵成。

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Thought

拓展材料