数学Math[英语名人名言]

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A straight line is the shortest in morals as in mathematics.
-- Maria Edgeworth

 

As far as the laws of mathematics refer to reality, they are not certain; and as far as they are certain, they do not refer to reality.
-- Albert Einstein

 

Do not worry about your difficulties in mathematics. I can assure you mine are still greater.
-- Albert Einstein

 

You can pay attention to the fact, in which case you'll probably become a mathematician1, or you can ignore it, in which case you'll probably become a physicist2.
-- Len Evans, professor, Northwestern University, teaching an honors calculus3 course

 

Mathematicians4 are like Frenchmen: whatever you say to them they translate into their own language and forthwith it is something entirely5 different.
-- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

 

Sex is the mathematics urge sublimated6.
-- M. C. Reed

 

Mathematics, rightly viewed, posses not only truth, but supreme7 beauty -- a beauty cold and austere8, like that of sculpture.
-- Bertrand Russell

 

Lottery9: A tax on people who are bad at math.
-- Seen on a bumper10 sticker

 

There are three types of people in this world: Those who can count, and those who can't.
-- Seen on a bumper sticker

 

... it is certain that the real function of art is to increase our self-consciousness; to make us more aware of what we are, and therefore of what the universe in which we live really is. And since mathematics, in its own way, also performs this function, it is not only aesthetically11 charming but profoundly significant. It is an art, and a great art.
-- John W. N. Sullivan

 

The mathematician lives long and lives young; the wings of his soul do not early drop off, nor do its pores become clogged12 with the earthy particles blown from the dusty highways of vulgar life.
-- James Joseph Sylvester

 

Mathematics transfigures the fortuitous concourse of atoms into the tracery of the finger of God.
-- Herbert Westren Turnbull

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1 mathematician aoPz2p     
n.数学家
参考例句：
  • The man with his back to the camera is a mathematician.背对着照相机的人是位数学家。
  • The mathematician analyzed his figures again.这位数学家再次分析研究了他的这些数字。
2 physicist oNqx4     
n.物理学家，研究物理学的人
参考例句：
  • He is a physicist of the first rank.他是一流的物理学家。
  • The successful physicist never puts on airs.这位卓有成就的物理学家从不摆架子。
3 calculus Is9zM     
n.微积分；结石
参考例句：
  • This is a problem where calculus won't help at all.对于这一题，微积分一点也用不上。
  • After studying differential calculus you will be able to solve these mathematical problems.学了微积分之后，你们就能够解这些数学题了。
4 mathematicians bca28c194cb123ba0303d3afafc32cb4     
数学家( mathematician的名词复数 )
参考例句：
  • Do you suppose our mathematicians are unequal to that? 你以为我们的数学家做不到这一点吗？ 来自英汉文学
  • Mathematicians can solve problems with two variables. 数学家们可以用两个变数来解决问题。 来自哲学部分
5 entirely entirely     
ad.全部地，完整地；完全地，彻底地
参考例句：
  • The fire was entirely caused by their neglect of duty. 那场火灾完全是由于他们失职而引起的。
  • His life was entirely given up to the educational work. 他的一生统统献给了教育工作。
6 sublimated cc7d29eceed97dc2e0e961873bf1213a     
v.（使某物质）升华( sublimate的过去式和过去分词 )；使净化；纯化
参考例句：
  • Their affection to each other was sublimated into a lasting friendship. 他俩之间的感情被升华成一种永久的友谊。 来自互联网
  • Finally migrates the utilization, sublimated to the text the understanding. 最后是迁移运用，升华对文本的理解。 来自互联网
7 supreme PHqzc     
adj.极度的，最重要的；至高的，最高的
参考例句：
  • It was the supreme moment in his life.那是他一生中最重要的时刻。
  • He handed up the indictment to the supreme court.他把起诉书送交最高法院。
8 austere GeIyW     
adj.艰苦的；朴素的，朴实无华的；严峻的
参考例句：
  • His way of life is rather austere.他的生活方式相当简朴。
  • The room was furnished in austere style.这间屋子的陈设都很简单朴素。
9 lottery 43MyV     
n.抽彩；碰运气的事，难于算计的事
参考例句：
  • He won no less than ￡5000 in the lottery.他居然中了5000英镑的奖券。
  • They thought themselves lucky in the lottery of life.他们认为自己是变幻莫测的人生中的幸运者。
10 bumper jssz8     
n.(汽车上的)保险杠；adj.特大的，丰盛的
参考例句：
  • The painting represents the scene of a bumper harvest.这幅画描绘了丰收的景象。
  • This year we have a bumper harvest in grain.今年我们谷物丰收。
11 aesthetically EKPye     
adv.美地，艺术地
参考例句：
  • Segmental construction contributes toward aesthetically pleasing structures in many different sites. 对于许多不同的现场条件，分段施工都能提供美观，颇有魄力的桥型结构。
  • All isolation techniques may be aesthetically unacceptable or even dirty. 所有的隔离方法都有可能在美观方面使人难以接受，或甚至是肮脏的。
12 clogged 0927b23da82f60cf3d3f2864c1fbc146     
（使）阻碍( clog的过去式和过去分词 )； 淤滞
参考例句：
  • The narrow streets were clogged with traffic. 狭窄的街道上交通堵塞。
  • The intake of gasoline was stopped by a clogged fuel line. 汽油的注入由于管道阻塞而停止了。

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