【读书笔记】Scientific American Feb,20

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Words and phrases

1.mystify sb:to make sb confused because they do not understand sth 迷惑；使迷惑不解；使糊涂= baffle

◆ They were totally mystified by the girl's disappearance. 那女孩失踪使他们大惑不解。

2.electrical impulses 电脉冲

3.stereopsis 立体视觉

4.make a reasonable conjecture 合理的推测

5. plumb sth: ( literary) to try to understand or succeed in understanding sth mysterious 探索；钻研；探究=fathom

◆ She spent her life plumbing the mysteries of the human psyche. 她毕生探索人类心灵的奥秘。

6.plug away (at sth):to continue working hard at sth, especially sth that you find difficult 坚持不懈地做（尤指困难的工作）

7.pertinent to sth:( formal) appropriate to a particular situation 有关的；恰当的；相宜的

◆ Please keep your comments pertinent to the topic under discussion. 请勿发表与讨论主题无关的言论。

8.plot VERB ( -tt- )

1> plot (with sb) (against sb)=conspire (with sb) (against sb): to make a secret plan to harm sb, especially a government or its leader 密谋；暗中策划

◆ They were accused of plotting against the state. 他们被指控密谋叛乱。

2> plot sth (on sth) : to mark sth on a map, for example the position or course of sth （在地图上）画出，标出

◆ The earthquake centres had been plotted on a world map. 地震震中均被标示在一张世界地图上。

9.nail sth ( informal) to prove that sth is not true 证明…不属实；揭露；揭发

◆ We must nail this lie. 我们一定要戳穿这个谎言。

10.uncanny adj:strange and difficult to explain 异常的；难以解释的

11.an assembly line 装配线

12.delineate sth:( formal) to describe, draw or explain sth in detail （详细地）描述，描画，解释

◆ Our objectives need to be precisely delineated. 我们的目标需详细解释清楚。

1.Ultimately they struck me as symbolic magic of no real consequence, but the seed of interest had taken root.

这句话很微妙，不是很理解，先挂在此，待理解后再补全