behavioral 行為的 The behavioral sciences have been slow to change partly because the explanatory items often seem to be directly observed and partly because other kinds of explanations have been hard to find. 行為科學之所以發(fā)展緩慢，部分是因為解釋性的要素可以很容易直接觀察到，部分原因是其他類型的解釋很難發(fā)現(xiàn)。 blunder 犯大錯；做錯 The police blundered badly by arresting the wrong man. 警方抓錯了人，犯了荒唐的大錯。 brighten 使 閃亮；使生輝 The new carpet brightened the room. 這張新地毯使房間增輝不少。 capsule 太空艙；小容器 The capsule failed to separate from the earth satellite. 太空艙沒有和地球衛(wèi)星分開。 carefree 無憂無慮的；不負責的 How wonderful it would be to be young and carefree again! 能夠再次年輕，變得無憂無慮是多么美妙?。?chronic 慢性的；長期的 Is your disease chronic or acute? 你的病是慢性的還是急性的？ circulation 流通；循環(huán) Police say a number of forged banknotes are in circulation . 警方說一些偽鈔在流通。 clearing 結(jié)算；空地 This is the unorthodox view of a German soil scientist who has shown that burnt clearings in the Amazon, dating back more than 1 000 years, helped create patches of rich, fertile soil that farmers still benefit from today. 德國土壤科學家的非正統(tǒng)觀點是，1000年前亞馬遜曾燒焦了的空地都變成了富有而肥沃的土地，農(nóng)民們至今受用。