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单词 science
释义
science
(səns )
Word forms: sciences
1. uncountable noun A2
Science is the study of the nature and behaviour of natural things and the knowledge that we obtain about them.
The best discoveries in science are very simple.
...science and technology.
2. countable noun B1+
A science is a particular branch of science such as physics, chemistry, or biology.
Physics is the best example of a science which has developed strong, abstract theories.
...the science of microbiology.
Synonyms: discipline, body of knowledge, area of study, branch of knowledge  
3. countable noun
A science is the study of some aspect of human behaviour, for example sociology or anthropology.
...the modern science of psychology.
4.  See also domestic science, exact science, Master of Science, political science, social science
Quotations:
Art is meant to disturb. Science reassuresGeorges BraquePensées sur l'art
Science is the record of dead religionsOscar WildePhrases and Philosophies for the Use of the Young
Science means simply the aggregate of all the recipes that are always successful. The rest is literaturePaul ValéryMoralités
Science is nothing but trained and organized common senseT.H. HuxleyBiogenesis and Abiogenesis
Our scientific power has outrun our spiritual power. We have guided missiles and misguided menMartin Luther King
the great tragedy of Science - the slaying of a beautiful hypothesis by an ugly factT.H. HuxleyBiogenesis and Abiogenesis
the essence of science: ask an impertinent question, and you are on the way to a pertinent answerJacob BronowskiThe Ascent of Man
In science the credit goes to the man who convinces the world, not to the man to whom the idea first occursFrancis Darwin
Science is an edged tool, with which men play like children, and cut their own fingersArthur Eddington
Science without religion is lame, religion without science is blindAlbert EinsteinScience, Philosophy and Religion
There are no such things as applied sciences, only applications of scienceLouis Pasteur
Science is built up of facts, as a house is built of stones; but an accumulation of facts is no more a science than a heap of stones is a houseHenri PoincaréScience and Hypothesis
Science must begin with myths, and the criticism of mythsKarl PopperThe Philosophy of Science
Idioms:
not rocket science
very easy to learn or understand
In 1981, it didn't take long for our people at CBS to learn these techniques. As I'd told Sauter, this isn't rocket science.
blind someone with science
to tell someone about something in a complex or technical way so that they have great difficulty in understanding it
As a teenage, amateur photographer, I learned all the technical jargon so I could impress people by blinding them with science.
Collocations:
application of science
Forensics - the application of science to the resolution of legal disputes - and detective work have been working hand in hand for more than 200 years.
Times, Sunday Times
He always had the capacity to surprise with what some might call eccentricities, but others the practical application of science.
Times, Sunday Times
Nowadays the application of science to the design and manufacture of clubs has made the game easier to play.
Times, Sunday Times
For more than 200 years, it has also served as a base for increasing public engagement with science and teaching 'the application of science to the common purposes of life'.
Times, Sunday Times
This return to an emphasis on training in the application of science in engineering and technology merits support.
Times, Sunday Times
based on science
His own commitments underscore two key findings of positive psychology, insights based on science.
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And the use of 'evidencebased medicine' means treatments are based on science, not guesswork.
The Sun
Scientists explore the notion of extraterrestrial life and consider what aliens might look and sound like, based on science fact rather than fiction.
The Sun
Rather, targets would be based on science, and reporting would be through an impartial body.
canada.com
They've indicated to us their decision will not be based on politics and that it will be based on science.
canada.com
basic science
Britain must cut excessive regulation of medical research and invest in basic science to retain its pharmaceutical industry.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
Like all basic sciences, chemistry has become divided into numerous areas; former sharp boundaries have become broad zones.
The Harper Dictionary of Science in Everyday Language (1988)
The discovery of X-rays is seen as an example of how technologies with widespread applications can spring from the pursuit of basic science.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
biological science
After that, I studied biological science at Oxford and went on to do a PhD on the importance of dung beetles.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
The sciences have grown in strength and the biological sciences department is one of the university's largest.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
We are indebted to him for a superb training in biological science.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
biomedical science
This opportunity rests on an innovative partnership between the NHS, patients, researchers and industry that can take advances in biomedical science swiftly from the lab to the ward.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
The pharmaceutical industry has flourished in no small part because of the strength of the UK's research base in biomedical science.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
She balances boxing with studying for a degree in biomedical science at the University of Bradford.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
branch of science
By the 18th century, geography was a particularly feminized branch of science.
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This remains true for tables, but not, according to a developing branch of science called quantum biology, for other big things - specifically, for living things.
Times, Sunday Times
We cannot expect politicians to grasp the minutiae of every branch of science: even scientists cannot do so.
Times, Sunday Times
They sprouted a whole branch of science.
Times, Sunday Times
Almost each branch of science has its own interpretation and hence own ways of handling the characteristic randomness.
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engineering science
The chartered engineer studied engineering science at Oxford University and earned his MBA at Cranfield School of Management.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
We need to make engineering science and technology the number one career choice for young people.
The Sun (2012)
And in Singapore, a massive 40 per cent are studying engineering sciences.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
explain the science
She is particularly well positioned to explain the science, with a background in chemistry and a PhD in physics.
The Times Literary Supplement (2011)
The aim is to explain science to a different audience.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
He explains the science of clouds and their impact on art and philosophy.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
genetic science
A leap forward in genetic science has the potential to improve the life of our species.
Times,Sunday Times
There she sees how cloning and genetic science are producing flocks of 'super sheep'.
The Sun
He vowed to fund genetic science research to work out how to eradicate them.
The Sun
Now a new clinic claims it can cut out some of the guesswork with a little help from genetic science.
Times, Sunday Times
In addition, the new developments in genetic science are equipping researchers with the wherewithal to understand the origins of diseases and the ways in which they develop.
Times, Sunday Times
management science
He switched to a degree in management science and engineering, providing a solid understanding of business.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
The main goal of a management science must be to enable business to take the right risk.
MANAGEMENT: task, responsibilities, practices (1974)
Most managers also know by now that the management sciences are tools.
MANAGEMENT: task, responsibilities, practices (1974)
popular science
This is, thankfully, not a bad popular science book, and neither is it a textbook.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
Neuroscience is the popular science of the moment, having succeeded genetics and big physics.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
But this improvement is hardly sufficient to justify the book's claim to be popular science.
The Times Literary Supplement (2011)
progress of science
The sane observer in the centre has the weary thought that both are right and the progress of science shows why and how far.
Times, Sunday Times
His writings on the progress of science were influential.
Times, Sunday Times
The progress of science and civilization progress remarkably.
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The progress of science and art has brought a marriage of marvels and horrors.
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He included professional and amateur scientists and those who aided in contributions in the progress of science.
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pure science
Instead, the country needs investment in productive activity and a stronger focus on pure science and open-ended research.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
In short, we're tiring of pure science and craving a more metaphysical view of life.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
Information is good in terms of pure science; it is essential if we want these birds to have a future.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
pursue science
They inform students and staff of the career opportunities that engineering can offer students who pursue science, maths and technology subjects; take part in lessons and support school clubs.
Times, Sunday Times
She did write poetry, as well as pursuing science, and perhaps she could have made something of herself given a different destiny.
Times, Sunday Times
Until the late 19th or early 20th century, those who pursued science were called natural philosophers or men of science.
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science background
I wanted to do something business-orientated that used my science background.
Times, Sunday Times
He wanted to help others and his science background made him unsqueamish about sharing body products.
Times, Sunday Times
Despite not having a degree in finance, something some banks now insist on, he says that his science background stood him in good stead.
Times, Sunday Times
Having a science background has been immensely helpful in her career, she says.
Times, Sunday Times
In reality, universities are best at providing highly trained people with a science background, and sticking to what they are good at rather than generating spinouts in their own name.
Times, Sunday Times
science concept
The inaugural issue was devoted to the political science concept of center and periphery.
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Students are empowered to drive their own design ideas and learning-by-doing processes to master coding skills and computer science concepts.
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The first two years are taught in an integrated approach, closely tying basic science concepts to clinical medicine, professionalism and medical ethics.
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Critics' reviews were mixed, always praising the science concepts and the aliens he created, but often finding the plots thin and the humans shallow.
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It uses innovative, interactive science exhibits to demonstrate basic science concepts, prompt curiosity and foster interest and understanding of science among people of all ages.
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science project
In the best of times coming up with the extra $18 billion for a science project of such monumental scale would not be easy.
Times, Sunday Times
So how galling that ours, the castoffs of someone else's science project, have lolled around for weeks now without spinning an inch.
Times, Sunday Times
It's a game, an artwork, a science project and it's an indivisible part of my life for the next day and a half.
Times, Sunday Times
A remedy called 'therapeutic touch' was once taught in 75 countries before it was debunked by a nine-year-old's school science project.
Times, Sunday Times
One works for a major online science project.
Times, Sunday Times
science teacher
I left a job as a research chemist in industry three years ago and retrained as a science teacher.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
The high-octane performance of one young science teacher had us all enthralled.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
Her love of engineering was inspired by her father, a maths, physics and computer science teacher.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
science teaching
I note, moreover, that most top independent schools provide separate subjects in science teaching.
Times, Sunday Times
The science teaching was good, although my housemaster remarked that science lacked the characterforming virtues of the classics and the humanities.
Times, Sunday Times
He declared that science teaching must be made more relevant, adding 'we've got to look at those issues that capture the imagination and interest'.
Times, Sunday Times
The reports have reignited a fierce public debate over the nature of science teaching.
Times, Sunday Times
The time saved (and, as you pointed out, schools do spend time in unnecessary revision) could be used for the increasing the breadth of, for example, science teaching.
Times, Sunday Times
science textbook
Don’t worry, you won’t need to dig out your middle-school science textbook—but you will have to think ahead and play carefully.
Smithsonian Mag
At high school he rewrote his science textbook to 'understand things on a new level'.
The Sun
He also reads to her from a science textbook as if it were a bedtime story.
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In 2000, she authored a political science textbook for optional studies in high schools.
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Science textbooks would then change, as they always do, with the consensus of the scientific community.
Christianity Today
science theory
Computer science theory, and the concept of polymorphism in particular, make much use of the concept of function signature.
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Management science theory, methods, and tools were infused into marketing, and consumer behavior emerged as an area of study within marketing.
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It may also refer to a political or political science theory.
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Existing search engines were designed based on traditional library science theories related to retrieval basic facts and simple information through an interface.
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Fragments of political science theories were applied in comparative media studies, since transformation processes of media systems are strongly connected to the transformation of political systems.
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science writer
As a science writer, she gives full value; as an entertainer she points out that writers have profiled every body part except the gut.
Times, Sunday Times
Please allow a septuagenarian science writer to clarify.
Times, Sunday Times
She did know by the time she was eleven that she would become an astronaut, a stunt person, or a science writer.
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Trained as a science writer, he has worked as a journalist, broadcaster and development communicator since 1987.
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One science writer described fluorine as a shack amongst mansions in terms of abundance.
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sports science
Thereafter she was heading for Bath University to study sports science.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
He was one of the first who really truly understood the importance of sports science.
The Sun (2016)
He has a degree in sports science.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
teach science
The number of women who want to teach science has increased by 41 per cent compared with 39 per cent for men.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
Often a finger is pointed at the uninspiring nature of the way the sciences are taught .
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
So some schools are able to opt out of teaching individual sciences altogether.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
theoretical science
It's still deeply within the realm of theoretical science.
Christianity Today
The breakthroughs in theoretical science and in the capacity to juggle chemicals failed to translate into new blockbuster treatments.
Times, Sunday Times
Aerospace, commercial nuclear power, medicine, medical devices and semiconductors rely on metrology to translate theoretical science into mass-produced reality.
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His books typically deal with adolescents coming across a peculiar phenomenon related to an element of theoretical science, then trying to deal with the situation.
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This opens up a new research direction in theoretical science.
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