首頁英語詞典discoverydiscovery的意思

discovery

英 [d?'sk?v(?)r?] 美[d?'sk?v?ri]
  • n. 發(fā)現(xiàn),發(fā)覺;被發(fā)現(xiàn)的事物

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詞態(tài)變化


復(fù)數(shù):?discoveries;

英文詞源


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.

雙語例句


1. He knows that he had made a real discovery.
他知道他已經(jīng)發(fā)現(xiàn)了一件真正的珍品. (makeareal discovery發(fā)現(xiàn) 了一件真正的珍品)

來自《用法詞典》

2. The discovery is being hailed as The Holy Grail of astronomy.
這一發(fā)現(xiàn)圓了天文學(xué)界的一個夢想。

來自柯林斯例句

3. This discovery led on to studies of the immune system.
此發(fā)現(xiàn)使人們開始對免疫系統(tǒng)進(jìn)行研究。

來自柯林斯例句

4. This discovery seems to validate the claims of popular astrology.
這個發(fā)現(xiàn)似乎能印證流行占星術(shù)的一些說法。

來自柯林斯例句

5. Discovery's takeoff this morning from Cape Canaveral was flawless.
“發(fā)現(xiàn)”號航天飛機(jī)今晨從卡納維拉爾角順利發(fā)射升空。

來自柯林斯例句