Beyond Feelings 50%单词分享（单词＋音标＋翻译＋书中例句）

最近读《Beyond Feelings》，一本阐述批判性思考的入门书。200多页，不多。每天读5页，1个多月读了第一遍。

现在开始抄第一遍标记的单词（抄在印象笔记上）。为什么是50%？因为我是把遇到的第二个生词标记下来，第一个不标记。比如，我遇到100个生词，就标记50个。

这个帖子会持续更新我抄写下的生词。包括单词、音标、翻译、书中例句。因为是手敲，所以错漏在所难免，请大家多包涵，谢谢啦。

（PS：第一章的生词我已经抄在小本本上了，懒得再手敲一遍~等我全部更完再回过头补吧）

resourceful /rɪˈsɔːrsfl/ adj. 资源丰富的；足智多谋的；机智的

Maybe he lacked the brain power. But he was resourceful enough.

furrow /ˈfɜːroʊ/ vt. 犁；耕；弄绉

furrow brow 皱眉

stroke his chin 抚摸下巴

He stroked his chin，furrowed his brow，and said：“I have to think about that”

extensive /ɪkˈstensɪv/ adj. 广泛的；大量的；广阔的

Extensive, effective traing in thinking is the exception rather than the rule.

astounding /əˈstaʊndɪŋ/ adj. 令人震惊的；令人惊骇的 contradiction /ˌkɑːntrəˈdɪkʃn/ n. 矛盾；否认；反驳

The most interesting and astounding contradiction in life is to me the constant insistence by neatly all people upon “logic，”“logical reasoning，”“sound reasoning，”on the one hand，and on the other their inability to displayed it，and their unwillingness to accept it when displayed by others.

plain thinking 朴素的思考

Clear thinking is a very rare thing， but even just plain thinking is almost as rare.

indolence /ˈɪndələns/ n. 懒散，懒惰.

mental indolence 思想上的怠惰

trait /tret/ n. 特性，特点；品质

human traits 人性

Mental indolence is one of the commonest of human traits.

deliberate /dɪˈlɪbərət/ adj. 故意的；深思熟虑的；从容的

ruminate /ˈruːmɪneɪt/ vt. 反刍；沉思；反复思考

speculate/ˈspekjuleɪt/ vi. 推测；投机；思索

digest 融汇贯通

Here are just some of the synonyms listed in Roget’s Thesaurus for think：deliberate，ruminate， speculate， digest

synonymous /sɪˈnɑːnɪməs/ adj. 同义的；同义词的；同义突变的

solely /ˈsoʊlli/ adv. 单独地；仅仅

reside /rɪˈzaɪd/ vi. 住，居住；属于

Most modern researchers use the word "mind" synonymouly with "brain," as if the physical organ resides in the human skull were solely responsible for thinking.

practice n. 实践；练习；惯例

presuppose /ˌpriːsəˈpoʊz/ vt. 假定；预料；以…为先决条件

millennia /mɪˈlɛnɪə/ n. 千年期；千周年纪念日（millennium 的复数）

This practice conveniently presupposes that a problem that has challenged the greatest thinkers for millennia——the relationship between mind and physical matter——was somehow solved when no one was looking.

wrestle /ˈresl/ v. 摔跤；使劲搬动；斗争；奋力对付

The problem itself and the individuals who spent their lives wrestling with it deseve better.

neuroscience /ˈnʊroʊsaɪəns/ n. 神经系统科学（指神经病学、 神经化学等）

cognitive /ˈkɑːɡnətɪv/ adj. 认知的，认识的

Neuroscience has provided a number of valuable insights into the cognitive or thinking activeties of the brain.

hemisphere/ˈhemɪsfɪr/ n. 半球

bundle /ˈbʌndl/ n. 束；捆

corppus callosum 英 /kə'ləusəm/ [解剖] 胼胝体，脑胼胝体

intergrate /ˈɪntɪɡreɪt/ vt. 使…完整；使…成整体；求…的积分；表示…的总和

It has documented that the left hemisphere of the brain deals mainly with detaild language processing and is associated with analysisi and logical thinking , that the righ hemisphere deals mainly with sensory images and is associated with intuition and creative thinking, and that the small bundle of nevers that lies between the hemispheres——the corpus callosum——integrates the various funtctions.

sufficient /səˈfɪʃənt/ adj. 足够的；充分的

The research that produced these insights showed that the brain is necessary for thought, but it has not shown that the brain is sufficient.

demonstrably /dɪˈmɑːnstrəbli/ adv. 明确地，无可否认地

They argue that the mind and the brain are demonstrably different.

entity /ˈentəti/ n. 实体；存在；本质

decay /dɪˈkeɪ/ v. n.衰退，衰减；衰败；腐烂，腐朽

subject to decay 容易腐朽

metaphysical /ˌmetəˈfɪzɪkl/ adj. 形而上学的；超自然的；玄学派诗歌的

Whereas the brain is physical entity composed of matter and therefore subject to decay, the mind is a metaphysical

consciousness /ˈkɑːnʃəsnəs/ n. 意识；知觉；觉悟；感觉

History is, fundamentally, the adventure of human consciousness.

irony /ˈaɪrəni/ n. 讽刺；反语；具有讽刺意味的事

audacity /ɔːˈdæsəti/ n. 大胆；厚颜无耻

offspring /ˈɔːfsprɪŋ/ n. 后代，子孙；产物

owe something to sth 把……归功于sth

In his view, "one of the superme ironies of modern history" is the fact that science, which owe its very existence to the human mind, has had audacity to deny the reality of the mind. As he put it, "the offspring denies the parent."

a blank slate 一张白纸

initiative /ɪˈnɪʃətɪv/ n. 主动权；

One especially important writes, as John Locke held, or active, a vehicle by which we take the initiative and exercise our free will, as G.W Leibnitz argued.

interchangeably /ˌɪntərˈtʃeɪndʒəbli/ adv. [数] 可交换地

I feel and I think are sometimes used interchangeably, but that practice cause confusion.

sentiment /ˈsentɪmənt/ n. 感情，情绪；情操；观点；多愁善感

spontaneously /spɑːnˈteɪniəsli/ adv. 自发地；自然地；不由自主地

Feeling is a subjective response that reflects emotion, sentiment, or desire；it generally occurs spontaneously.