时间:2018-12-24 作者:英语课 分类:Scientific American(九)月


英语课

They say that all's fair in love and war. But when it comes to making a deal, people have very definite ideas about what's fair. A recent study found that people will let a basic physiological 1 need go unfulfilled rather than accept an unfair transactions. Researchers induced either moderate or severe thirst in volunteers. Then pairs of thirsty subjects were asked to split a bottle of water.  Unbeknownst to the participants, the experiment was arranged that everyone thought that they'd be receiving less water than their opponent was getting. And a majority of the participants, even the very thirsty ones, rejected the apparently 2 unfair offer, meaning that neither they nor their partner got to take a drink. The research is in the Journal Scientific Reports. Past research has shown that humans will also reject unfair offers in games played for money. This study was the first to show that people react in the same way when bargaining for a necessity. Nobody ever said life was fair, but we still want it to be. 



1 physiological
adj.生理学的,生理学上的
  • He bought a physiological book.他买了一本生理学方面的书。
  • Every individual has a physiological requirement for each nutrient.每个人对每种营养成分都有一种生理上的需要。
2 apparently
adv.显然地;表面上,似乎
  • An apparently blind alley leads suddenly into an open space.山穷水尽,豁然开朗。
  • He was apparently much surprised at the news.他对那个消息显然感到十分惊异。
学英语单词
A word in your ear.
air space for roof insulation
al-sufi
American arrowroot
Appaachian relief
aquaemanalia
Arago's rotations
arborinone
binary file transfer
bioprovince
bound atom
candida taiwanensis
carbidechlorinatio
caryota ochlandra hance
Chikyu-misaki
confusion reflector.
consoler
continental cyclone
coordinated reflex
corn-tree
coughlan
Crio-sphinx
danhomean
dimension theorem
dull coat
elucubrations
exhaustive methylation (of amines)
exponential integral
fasten
field-pea plants
final sailing
flame cutting machine
full cone
galvanized iron spring
glabe artichoke
golden raisin
graphite pebbles
gustoso
half-moon hoe
higher-productivity
human language technology
hydrotropic
if one can help it
interactive communication
Kebbi, R.
Kipako
Klimovskaya
less-competitive
lifedraining
lose the toss
Lysholm type compressor
Mazus lanceifolius
method argument
Michaelis' stain
moon atlas
more tea, vicar
multi-engine pilot trainer
mutual loan syndicate
natural requeening
oesophagopathy
offset tool
OLED - organic light-emitting diode
oligotrophic peat
one time code
Osse, R.
phosphoenolpyruvate (pep)
PicaView
polytropic line
power of cardinal number
psycho-biography
put ideas in somebody's head
re-use
registering raingauge
reinforced shotcrete ring
retention policy
running safety
saddle support
salfamethyldiazine
screen-print
secretary birds
service log
shellam
shorter oar scull
Sinegorsk
Stauntonia leucantha
substructed
super-imposable
sweating rate
the whip
through bushing
tire pump
Tonkino
top spin
transcript on appeal
TRAP law
tuned array
typewriter font
ULRR
watermelon begonia
Weisserz
Wheeler Springs
white haze