Words and phrases
1.dictum:a statement that expresses sth that people believe is always true or should be followed 名言；格言
2.speak for it?self/them?selves:to be so easy to see and understand that you do not need to say anything else about it/them 不言而喻；有目共睹
? ? ◆ Her success speaks for itself. 她的成功有目共睹。
3.provisional proscenium 臨時舞臺
4.instantiation 實例
5.in the realm of ：an area of activity, interest, or knowledge 領(lǐng)域；場所
?? ◆ in the realm of literature 在文學領(lǐng)域內(nèi)
6.noculate sb (against sth)：to protect a person or an animal from catching a particular disease by injectingthem with a mild form of the disease （給…）接種，打預防針
7.capital punishment 死刑
Sentences
1.If we cannot clearly convey our ideas to others, data and theory lie dormant.
如果我們不能清楚地向他人傳達我們的想法，數(shù)據(jù)和理論就會處于休眠狀態(tài)
? ? dormant adj?not active or growing now but able to become active or to grow in the future 休眠的；蟄伏的；暫?；顒拥?/p>
2.In the 18th century the application of scientific naturalism to the understanding and solving of human and social problems / led to the widespread embrace of Enlightenment humanism, a cosmopolitan worldview that esteems science and reason, eschews magic and the supernatural, rejects?dogma and authority, and seeks to understand how the world works.
在18世紀,科學自然主義應用到對人類和社會問題的理解和解決促進了人們廣泛接受人文主義啟蒙運動，即,重視科學和理性,擯棄迷信,反對教條和權(quán)威,努力理解世界的運行規(guī)律的世界觀。
? ? ? application (of sth) (to sth)： the practical use of sth, especially a theory, discovery, etc. （尤指理論、發(fā)現(xiàn)等的）應用，運用
? ? ? esteemsb/sth： to respect and admire sb/sth very much 尊重；敬重
? ? ?? eschew sth：( formal) to deliberately avoid or keep away from sth （有意地）避開，回避，避免
3.Will the upward bending arcs of knowledge and wellbeing reach a fixed upper ceiling?
不斷增加的知識和幸福會達到一個固定的上限嗎?
4.Science and progress are asymptotic curves reaching ever upward but never touching omniscience or omnibenevolence. The goal of scientific humanism is not utopia but protopia—incremental improvements in understanding and beneficence as we move ever further into the open--ended frontiers of knowledge and wisdom.
科學和進步是一條漸近的曲線，向上延伸但永遠不會全知或全善?？茖W人文主義的目標不是烏托邦，而是進托邦——在我們不斷深入知識和智慧的無限前沿的同時，不斷改進理解和行善。
5.asymptotic curves
6.omni- ：COMBINING FORM ( in nouns, adjectives and adverbs 構(gòu)成名詞、形容詞和副詞 ) of all things; in all ways or places 總；全部；遍
? ? ?omniscience??無所不知
? ? ?omnibenevolence?至善
7.incremental improvements?不斷的改進
8.frontiers :[countable ,? usually plural ] frontier(of sth) the limit of sth, especially the limit of what is known about a particular subject or activity （學科或活動的）尖端，邊緣
? ? ◆ to push back the frontiersof science (= to increase knowledge of science) 開拓科學新領(lǐng)域
