英语播客EnglishPod 202
时间：2019-02-23 作者：英语课 分类：英语播客-EnglishPod
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A: We’ve been over this a thousand times. The data
is irrefutable! Look, we’ve done extensive re-
search, built studies, and read the literature, and
there is conclusive 1 evidence to support my theory!
B: Horowitz, I beg to differ. Even in your most recent
study, the investigative approach was flawed! You
know as well as I do that the collection of data
was not systematic 2, and there is a large margin 3
of error. To draw a definitive 4 conclusion based on
that data would be misleading
A: That is preposterous 5!
B: You are trying to single-handedly solve one of the
world’s greatest mysteries, and yet you are oblivi-
ous to the fact that you are wrong!
A: I am not wrong! The chicken came first!
B: No! The egg came first!
- They produced some fairly conclusive evidence.他们提供了一些相当确凿的证据。
- Franklin did not believe that the French tests were conclusive.富兰克林不相信这个法国人的实验是结论性的。
- The way he works isn't very systematic.他的工作不是很有条理。
- The teacher made a systematic work of teaching.这个教师进行系统的教学工作。
- We allowed a margin of 20 minutes in catching the train.我们有20分钟的余地赶火车。
- The village is situated at the margin of a forest.村子位于森林的边缘。
- This book is the definitive guide to world cuisine.这本书是世界美食的权威指南。
- No one has come up with a definitive answer as to why this should be so.至于为什么该这样，还没有人给出明确的答复。
- The whole idea was preposterous.整个想法都荒唐透顶。
- It would be preposterous to shovel coal with a teaspoon.用茶匙铲煤是荒谬的。