【读书笔记】Scientific American Feb,20

Words and phrases

1.spell n[singular ] a quality that a person or thing has that makes them so attractive or interesting that they have a strong influence on you 魅力；魔力 SYN charm

◆ I completely fell under her spell. 我完全给她迷住了。

2.outpost n a small military camp away from the main army, used for watching an enemy's movements, etc. 前哨（基地）

3.canonical definition 规范定义

4.spin-off (from/of sth):an unexpected but useful result of an activity that is designed to produce sth else （意外但有用的）副产品，派生物

    ◆ commercial spin-offs from medical research 医学研究引出的有商业价值的副产品

5.spree : a short period of time that you spend doing one particular activity that you enjoy, but often too much of it

Sentences

1.Put it all together, and you get what I think of as the proximity effect—a self-sustaining churn of people, inspiration, investment, intellectual property and profit.

把这一切放在一起，你就会得到我所认为的“邻近效应”——一种自我维持的“”的人员流动、灵感、投资、知识产权和利润。

churn 搅拌器 ，文中比喻“资源集中”