discovery

英 [dɪ'skʌvəri] 美 [dɪ'skʌvəri]

• n. 发现；发现物

双解释义

n. (名词)

1. [C][U]发现; 发觉

   act of discovering; discovering or being discovered

2. [C]被发现的事物

   things discovered

英英释义

Noun:

1. the act of discovering something

2. something that is discovered

3. a productive insight

4. (law) compulsory pretrial disclosure of documents relevant to a case; enables one side in a litigation to elicit information from the other side concerning the facts in the case

例句

用作名词 (n.)

1. The new discovery caused a great sensation.
   这项新发现很轰动。
2. New scientific discoveries are being made everyday.
   每天都有新的科学发现。
3. A collector of rare insects will show us some of his latest discoveries.
   一位稀有昆虫采集家将给我们看一些他的最新发现。
4. Like many discoveries, atomic power can be used for good or evil.
   正如人类发现的许多事物一样，原子能既可用来为善，也可用以作恶。

常见句型

用作名词 (n.)

1. The discovery will bear on future developments in that subject.
   这一发现对那门学科的未来发展将产生影响。
2. The discovery of Columbus was quite an event in the world.
   哥伦布的发现是世界上的一件大事。
3. This discovery is highly appreciated in the circle of science.
   这个发现在科学界得到很高的评价。
4. Franklin's discovery was that lightning was electricity.
   富兰克林的发现是闪电是电。
5. His new discovery adds fame to science at Yale University.
   他的新发现给耶鲁大学的科学研究增添了光彩。
6. The thieves thought that they had concealed the jewels from discovery.
   盗贼们以为自己已把珠宝隐藏好了。
7. The worth of the discovery was not realized.
   这一发现的价值没有被人们所认识。
8. In the light of recent discoveries, it may be necessary to revise our previous theory.
   考虑到最近的发现,可能有必要修改我们以前的理论。
9. These new discoveries seem to argue against the generally held ideas.
   这些新发现似乎证明,人们普遍持有的这些看法是不能成立的。
10. Many great discoveries have been made in the field of science.
    在科学领域已有许多重大发现。
11. The application of new scientific discoveries to industrial production methods usually makes jobs easier to do.
    把科学新发现应用于工业生产方法通常使工作变得容易做。
12. A collector of rare insects will show us some of his latest discoveries.
    一位稀有昆虫收集者将给我们看他的一些最新发现。
13. Like many discoveries, atomic power can be used for good or evil.
    正如人类发现的许多事物一样,原子既可用来为善,也可用以作恶。

经典引文

• The bankrupt..is bound upon pain of death to make a full discovery of all his estate.

  出自： W. Blackstone

词汇搭配

用作名词 (n.)

动词+～

• acknowledge a new discovery 承认新发现
• announce a new discovery 宣布新的发现
• celebrate a new discovery 庆祝新的发现
• make a new discovery 作出新发现
• mark a new discovery 标志新发现

形容词+～

• exciting discovery 令人兴奋的发现
• final discovery 最后发现
• further discovery 进一步的发现
• great discovery 伟大的发现
• important discovery 重要的发现
• interesting discovery 有趣的发现
• recent discovery 新近的发现
• scientific discovery 科学发现
• wonderful discovery 惊人的发现

名词+～

• conduct discovery 事实发现
• research discovery 研究上的发现

～+介词

• discovery in science 在科学上的发现
• discovery in the history of mankind 人类历史上的发现
• discovery of America 发现美洲
• discovery of great importance 重大发现

词语用法

n. (名词)

1. discovery的意思是“发现; 发觉”,既可作可数名词,也可作不可数名词。
2. discovery也可作“被发现的事物〔事实〕”解,是可数名词。

常见错误

n. (名词)

1. 他的妻子虽年轻,却有惊人的科学发现。

   误 Although his wife is young, she has had wonderful scientific discoveries.

   正 Although his wife is young, she has made wonderful scientific discoveries.

   析 说“有发现”习惯用make a discovery表示,不用have。

词源解说

• ☆ 直接源自中古英语的discoveren，意为发现，被发现的事物。

近反义词

【近义词】

• breakthrough
• detection
• disclosure
• exploration
• invention

【反义词】

• concealment