【读书笔记】Scientific American Feb,20

Words and phrases

1.visage NOUN( literary) a person's face （人的）脸，面容=face

2.credit (for sth) :praise or approval because you are responsible for sth good that has happened 赞扬；称赞；认可◆ He's a player who rarely seems to get the credit he deserves. 他这个选手好像很少得到应得的赞扬。

3.calling card名片；(某人或某事的)标志，标志，特色；在场证据

4.agile adj

   1>able to move quickly and easily （动作）敏捷的，灵活的SYN nimble 

   2>able to think quickly and in an intelligent way （思维）机敏的，机灵的

5.lob+ adv./prep:( informal) to throw sth so that it goes quite high through the air （往空中）高扔，高抛，高掷

    ◆ Stones were lobbed over the wall. 有人把石块扔过了围墙。

6.locale  NOUN( technical 术语 or formal) a place where sth happens 发生地点；现场

7.detonate (sth)：to explode, or to make a bomb or other device explode （使）爆炸；引爆；起爆◆ Two other bombs failed to detonate. 另外两枚炸弹未引爆。

8.file away:to put and keep documents, etc. in a particular place and in a particular order so that you can find them easily; to put a document into a file 把（文件等）归档

9.miss in action (游戏）某人在地图上消失的意思，让队友提高警惕。 

Sentences

1.Scientists ask whether clinical VR is finally "ready for primetime".If today's larger studies bear out previous findings,the answer seem to be an obvious "yes".

科学家质疑临床虚拟现实是否终于“为黄金时代做好了准备”。如果现在的研究证实了之前的发现，那答案似乎是很明显的“是”。

primetime 黄金时间