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。
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aerdentalloy
Aethroma
aluminum borate
Amioun
Appolito's operation
avia
babylonia japonica
bagnold effect
batten underdrain
BDI model
beat it while the beatings good
beta radioactive
bias buff
burnards
Bāmīān, Daryācheh-ye
CIE Lab
cleft nose
constitutional republic
critical annealing
dasyatis zugei
derivative coefficient
design templates
duration of settlement
easy test generation circuit
effective earth-radius factor
electric stitcher
elleray
exception handlers
excremental
exile to
fare register
faultless event
fixation contraction
flame regulator
FTBD
full horsepower
gansta
geographical name data bank
gone south
granulated honey
heavy machine
heitler unit
high output
honeycomb memory
in contradistinction from
insect-box
k-shell x-rays
lift bar
Lithocarpus howii
lormetazepam
lowwater runoff
lumping kinetics
make some difference to
marginal vein
marine media
marmen alloy
Maroseranana
mechanical pit cutter loader
megalopsia
model out of
motion valve
musculus longissimus cervicis
myotics
navigation missile
neohumanisms
newtonium
noise detector
nonimportation
nonyellowing
nosherei
open river stage
originating toll center
overlond factor
overqualified
physical unit block
pitch and catch technique
poores
prehensilis
preparadigmatic
prevention guideline or preventional guideline
priacanthus macracanthus
pyrethrone
re-pointed
reflex-neuosis
riodinid
rubberizes
Salna
saw cylinder cleaner
short-lived asset
shrubberies
smooth condenser
styrofoam popcorn
surirella orientalis
target-practice projectile
toy lines
tropical weathering
underseam
variable speed transmission bearing
vocalese
whistlin'
Wiart's duodenal notch
wild rue