speculate
1 If you speculate about something, you make guesses about its nature or identity, or about what might happen推测，推断. It would be unfair to Debby's family to speculate on the reasons for her suicide... The doctors speculate that he died of a cerebral haemorrhage caused by a blow on the head... The reader can speculate what will happen next. 2 If someone speculates financially, they buy property, stocks, or shares, in the hope of being able to sell them again at a higher price and make a profit （商业）投机. The banks made too many risky loans which now can't be repaid, and they speculated in property whose value has now dropped.
• in the religious realm, free will implies that individual will and choices can coexist with an omnipotent divinity.
adjective 1 ~ (to sb/sth) strange and frightening; different from what you are used to, thus not usual or acceptable陌生的: an alien environment ◆ In a world that had suddenly become alien and dangerous, he was her only security. ◆ The idea is alien to our religion. 2 (often disapproving) from another country or society; foreign外国(人)的: an alien culture ◆ alien influences that threatened their way of life 3 connected with creatures from another world外星（人）的: alien beings from outer space noun 1 (AmE also non-citizen) (law or technical) a person who is not a citizen of the country in which they live or work外国人: an illegal alien 2 a creature from another world外星人: aliens from outer space
Four-letter chemical alphabet
DNA exists as two long, paired strands spiraled into the famous double helix. There are only four different chemical bases in DNA (adenine腺嘌呤, thymine胸腺嘧啶, cytosine胞核嘧啶, and guanine鸟嘌呤), but they can be arranged and rearranged in countless ways.
dismiss
1 If you dismiss something, you decide or say that it is not important enough for you to think about or consider 不再考虑. I think we can safely dismiss their objections. 2 If you dismiss something from your mind, you stop thinking about it 不再想. I dismissed him from my mind. 3 解雇，开除. ...the power to dismiss civil servants who refuse to work... 4 If you are dismissed by someone in authority, they tell you that you can go away from them 遣散. Two more witnesses were called, heard and dismissed... 5 When a judge dismisses a case against someone, he or she formally states that there is no need for a trial 不予立案，驳回. An American judge yesterday dismissed murder charges against Dr Jack Kevorkian.
• degenerate v堕落；衰退（de坏+gener+ate→往坏产生→堕落） • genesis n起源，创始（gen+esis名词后缀，原指《圣经》中 的创世纪） • genetic a基因的，遗传学的（gen+etic→来自gene基因） • genus n种类，类属（gen+us→生出来就出现[不同]→种 类） • eugenics n优生学（eu好+gen+ics→产生好的→优生学） • congenial a意气相投的（con共同+gen+ial→产生共同[兴趣]→ 情投意合的） • congenital a天生的，与生俱来的（con共同+gen+ital→与生俱 来→天生的） • progeny n子孙，后代（pro向前+geny→向前产生→生命向 前→子孙） • heterogeneous a不同的（hetero异+gen+eous→产生不同的） • homogeneous a同种的（homo同+gen+eous→产生相同的） • engender v产生（en使+gender产生→使产生）
genetic
• • • • gen,gener,genit=birth,produce,表示“出生，产生”" 表示“出生，产生” 表示 generate v 产生；发电（genner+ate →产生[电]等） generation n 产生；一代（(generate+ion) generator n 发电机；生殖者（generate+or→产生[电] 的东西→发电机） • regenerate v 再生，重生（re再+generate) • generous a 慷慨的；丰富的（gener+ous→[不断]产 生→丰富的，慷慨的） • generosity n 慷慨（gener+osity多的状态→多产生→ 慷慨）
The Year of Genome
Matt Ridley
Free Will
自由意志(free will)是一个哲学信条。 它认为，我们的选择最终取决于我们自 己。这个概念涉及决定论(determinism) 、非决定论(indeterminism)、道德责任 (moral responsibility)、现代物理学、神 经病学、精神病学、犹太教、基督教等 诸多哲学概念、科学计；接近 • to add up to sth; to make sth as a total: His earnings are said to amount to £300 000 per annum. ◆ They gave me some help in the beginning but it did not amount to much (= they did not give me much help). • to be equal to or the same as sth: Her answer amounted to a complete refusal.
customized
• Retailors can repackage combinations of components customized for the client. 零售商可以为客户重新包装定制的部件组合。 • She said the show seems customized for her and offers her opportunities to meet some interesting people in the movie and art circles. 她说,这个节目好像专为她量身定作,并让她有机会接触 到影艺界一些有趣的人。 • Digital genome maps will allow lab technicians to create customized prescription, altering individual genes by rewriting lines of computer code. 绘制出数字化基因组图后,实验室技术人员就可以对症 下药,通过改写计算机密码序列改变人体基因。
converge
• ~ (on) (of people or vehicles) to move towards a place from different directions and meet to form a large crowd 聚集；汇集: Thousands of supporters converged on London for the rally. • (of two or more lines, paths, etc.) to move towards each other and meet at a point 交汇，集中: There was a signpost where the two paths converged. • if ideas, policies, aims, etc. converge, they become very similar or the same (思想、观点等)趋近 • Con+verge