时间:2018-12-04 作者:英语课 分类:听一分钟英文-U


英语课
The universe is a big place. I don’t think anyone can understand just how big. The universe never, ever ends. It is infinite in size. It’s funny when scientists say they want to unlock the secrets of the universe. That’s impossible. There are way too many secrets out there. The universe has given us an adjective in English that is misused 1. When we say something is universal, it doesn’t make sense. That’s because we’re saying it takes place or happens all around the universe, when in fact, it only happens on Earth. Another strange use of the word universe is that people talk about their universe. Sometimes they say their universe collapsed 2 when something sad happened. Scientists even call our brain a mini universe.

1 misused
v.使用…不当( misuse的过去式和过去分词 );把…派作不正当的用途;虐待;滥用
  • He misused his dog shamefully. 他可耻地虐待自己的狗。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • He had grossly misused his power. 他严重滥用职权。 来自《简明英汉词典》
2 collapsed
adj.倒塌的
  • Jack collapsed in agony on the floor. 杰克十分痛苦地瘫倒在地板上。
  • The roof collapsed under the weight of snow. 房顶在雪的重压下突然坍塌下来。
学英语单词
actinote
ag(e)ing steel
amiriya
arch breaker
audiofrequency meter
automatic transducor
bast soap
battening device
bereaver
bignew
Binscarth
biquet (briguette)
buckingham palaces
buttery grease
butyl group
censorized
centeringspring
chlorine log
chrysberil (chrysoberyl)
clarisses
cold box core making machine
column gap
complement-sensitive red blood cell
conditional watch
counter terrorism
distorted pattern
distributed group decision support system
drill downs
eastwick
effluent sample valve
electromagnetic-type disk friction clutch
EM field
eops
FBMS
fixed focus camera
flexible leg
foam fabric
fowl leucosis
fpsq
functional programming style
gonapophyses
hand trouble
hbcag
heavy-calcined magnesia
hedgefund
historical data server
horatio hornblowers
Indophiles
internal standard sample
iso(en)zyme
jargonistic
khalsah
length ball
Lespedeza formosa
lime pile
loop output signal
lotion A.B.C
man record chart
mechanism of roasting
mimosa bark
misaffecting
molded step
monomers
muxer (multiplexer)
N-particle
Narkotal
navigation allowance
needle number
nitrogenous compound
nonrouted
permanent record film
personality-job fit theory
phthalic acid series
platform agnostic
pneumatic-power hammer
postmolt
quartz spectro-oltaphmeter
rabab (iran)
ready to order
reconveyed
rooting out
Rossini, Gioacchino
saturation photocurrent
serial rudders
shivaisms
silicon thyristor
Siphonotretacea
slow sand filtration
spacecraft-rocket unite check
spinning property
steiked
successive transfer culture
supergene alteration
three dimensional fundamental form
tolui
ultraspeed welding
unitarded
ureterorenal reflux
uricolase
Veracillin
wind energy source
wort