discovery
n. 發現; 發現的事物/人
If someone makes a discovery, they become aware of something that they did not know about before.
I felt I'd made an incredible discovery.
我覺得我有一個天大的發現。
...the discovery that both his wife and son are HIV positive.
查出他妻子和兒子艾滋病病毒檢測都呈陽性
If someone makes a discovery, they are the first person to find or become aware of a place, substance, or scientific fact that no one knew about before.
In that year, two momentous discoveries were made.
那一年,有兩個重大發現。
...the discovery of the ozone hole over the South Pole...
南極上空臭氧洞的發現
If someone makes a discovery, they recognize that an actor, musician, or other performer who is not well-known has talent.
His job is the discovery and promotion of new artists.
他的任務就是發現並推出藝術新人。
When the discovery of people or objects happens, someone finds them, either by accident or as a result of looking for them.
...the discovery and destruction by soldiers of millions of marijuana plants.
士兵發現並銷燬了大量大麻作物
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
His discovery extinguished the achievements of his colleague.
他的發現使他同事的成就黯然失色.
The first mention of the discovery appeared in an article last year.
去年的一篇文章首次提及這項發現.
He knows that he had made a real discovery.
他知道他已經發現了一件真正的珍品. (makeareal discovery發現 了一件真正的珍品)
This is a new discovery that had a number of industrial applications.
這是一項有多種工業用途的新發明.
The discovery of distillation is usually accredited to the Arabs of the 11 th century.
通常認為,蒸餾法是阿拉伯人在11世紀發明的.