【读书笔记】Scientific American Feb,20

Words and phrases

1.pedestrian things 缺乏想象力的东西

  pedestrian 

     n 行人；步行者

     adj 1> 行人使用的；行人的◆ pedestrian areas 步行区

           2 >without any imagination or excitement; dull 缺乏想像的；乏味的；无趣的 

2.ho-hum:used to show that you are bored （表示厌倦）

3.parse sth:( grammar 语法 ) to divide a sentence into parts and describe the grammar of each word or part （对句子）作语法分析；作句法分析

4.differential equations 微分方程

5.blatant adj :(of actions that are considered bad 坏的行为 )done in an obvious and open way without caring if people are shocked 明目张胆的；公然的

◆ a blatant attempt to buy votes 公然的贿选企图