可可電臺(tái),每期節(jié)目一話題,讓英語磨練耳朵的同時(shí)學(xué)到更多有益的小知識(shí),豐富知識(shí)的同時(shí)受益于生活。
The things everyone should know about time.
關(guān)于時(shí)間,每個(gè)人都該知道的事。
Complexity comes and goes.
復(fù)雜性增加又減少。
Other than creationists, most people have no trouble appreciating the difference between“orderly”(low entropy) and“complex.”
除了神創(chuàng)論者,大多數(shù)人都能夠明白“有序(低熵)”和“復(fù)雜”的區(qū)別。
Entropy increases, but complexity is ephemeral; it increases and decreases in complex ways, unsurprisingly enough.
熵在不斷增加,但復(fù)雜狀態(tài)是短暫的;復(fù)雜性以復(fù)雜的方式增加和減少,這一點(diǎn)也不令人意外。
Part of the“job”of complex structures is to increase entropy, e.g. in the origin of life.
復(fù)雜結(jié)構(gòu)存在的“意義”之一就是使各種過程——比如生命起源——中的熵增加。
But we’re far from having a complete understanding of this crucial phenomenon.
但我們還遠(yuǎn)未能對(duì)這一至關(guān)重要的現(xiàn)象有全面的理解。
【知識(shí)點(diǎn)講解】
far from 遠(yuǎn)離; 遠(yuǎn)非,不但不…;
例句:
The current sole superpower is far from being a disinterested observer.
當(dāng)前唯一的超級(jí)大國(guó)遠(yuǎn)不是一個(gè)公正的旁觀者。
Far from being relaxed, we both felt so uncomfortable we hardly spoke.
我們兩人非但沒有放松,反而都感覺很不自在,幾乎沒有說話。
Being dyslexic does not mean that one is unintelligent. Far from it.
患有誦讀困難癥并不意味著智力低下。兩者相差甚遠(yuǎn)。
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