20070802 -- Folix英文學習日記

From:
Science.(1996). Vol. 273. p559
EDITORIAL
Title: The Road to Stiff Competition.

stiff
a.
1. 硬的;挺的
2. (手足等)僵直的,僵硬的[(+with)]
3. 不易移動的,不靈活的
4. (繩子等)拉緊的,張緊的
5. 拘謹的,不自然的,生硬的
6. 剛強的,倔強的
7. 強烈的;猛烈的[B]
8. (價格)堅挺的;昂貴的
9. 艱難的;費勁的
10. 凝固的,黏稠的
11. 嚴厲的
ad.
1.僵直地,僵硬地

portend
vt.
1. 預示,預先警告
2. 表示,意味著

Bear
bore; borne, born; bearing
vt.
1. 支持,承受;承擔
2. 運送;攜帶;帶走[O]
3. 忍受;經得起[+to-v][+v-ing][+that][O2]
4. 容許
5. 佩帶;擁有;具有
6. 寫有,印有,帶有
7. 懷有,對...抱有[O1][(+for/against)]
8. 生(小孩)[O1];開(花);結(果)
9. 產(莊稼);生(利息)
10. 值得,需要
11. (與oneself連用)表現[O]
vi.
1. 承受重量(或壓力)
2. 用力推(或擠,壓)
3. 開花結果
4. (依一定方向)延伸

bear out 支持

irreconcilable
a.[(+with)]
1. 不能和解的;互相對立的;反對的
2. 不可調和的;不相容的
n.
1. 不能和解的反對者[C]
2. 不可調和的思想(或信仰等)[P]

deem
vt.[W]
1. 認為,以為;視作[+(that)][O8][O9]
vi.[W]
1. 持某種看法,作某種評價


Classical sentence to learn:
1. Philip. H. Abelson noted that the relation between humans and computers has entered a new era.
2. Improvements in capabilities and ease of use portended a great expansion of computers' role in science.
3. As a step toward lessening the limitation on support for scientific research in the United States, the Council on Competitiveness recommends that government, industry and academia from cooperative partnerships to pursue shared R&D objectives, which would optimize these sectors limited but important resource pools. One potential source of such new pools has been suggested by Hal Berghel, professor of computer sciences at the University of Arkanas. Berghel recognizes that largely irreconcilable cultural differences now separate research in industry (where knowledge is proprietary and informally documented) from that in academia (where knowledge is public and disseminated through the peer-reviewed literature). To bypass the forced choice between basic and applied research, Berghel advocates "strategic research" ( a term that has been under scrutiny for some time), in which applications are anticipated before research begins. Strategic research would be peer-reviewed like basic research but would be judged (an aspect deemed problematic) by how well it innovates to produce applications. In Berghel's view, strategic research could conform to the highest standards of science and yet focus on solving real problems that are worthy of business investment.