another is its power to generate counterintuitive (hence novel, nontrivial, nonobvious) hypotheses that can be tested empirically and that do not flunk the test.
另一个则是它生成反直觉(因而新颖、不显然、重要不凡)假说的力量,这些假说能够被经验地验证,而且没有被证伪。
ll: i said you are going to flunk the students.
噢!flunk就是给他们不及格分数啊,那你还真说对了。
mr romney「s fans are typically people who did not flunk algebra.
罗姆尼先生的支持者们属于典型的不会代数不及格的人。
didn」t you flunk algebra?
你的代数不是被当掉了?
the removal of these microscopic particles from deep within a flower would make the nectar flunk the quality standards set by most of the world「s food safety agencies.
从花朵深处移除这些微小的粒子会使花蜜无法达到世界上大多数食品安全机构设立的质量标準。
the government is now making tests compulsory for existing teachers. those who flunk them will be offered a year’s training and then be required to resit them.
如今,政府强制现任的教师参加测试,如果不及格要接受一年的培训并进行补考。
if you don」t study hard, you「ll flunk out.
尽管我尽了最大努力,还是没有通过考试。
in the past few years, reformers have embraced a disarmingly simple idea for fixing schools: why not actually flunk those students who don」t earn passing grades?
过去几年,改革派一直坚持用一种令人毫无怀疑的简单想法解决学校的问题:对于那些成绩不达标的学生,为什么不让他们留级? 民主党和共和党已经开始抨击「自动升级」的做法
so don’t flunk out; you’ve got too much invested in us, and we have too much invested in you.
所以不要退学,你对我们投资不小,我们对你的投资也不少。
i am going to flunk that exam.
那次考试我不及格。
he then kept begging me, saying that if he failed the test, he would flunk the course.
然而他继续求我,说假如这次再考不好,这科就会被当掉。
you「re going to flunk if you don」t study.
如果你不学习你会不及格的。
if you flunk finals you don「t get the chance to do them again.
如果你没通过期末考试,就没有机会再考一次了。
but let」s face it, life is filled with all kinds of tests — some you ace and some you flunk — so at some point you have to get used to it.
但,让我们面对它,生命中充满了各种各样的考试——有一些你第一而有一些你却不及格——因此,从某点说,你必须要适应它。
in one class of seventy-seven, i gave only one a, and only once did i flunk a student.
在一个有77名学生的班级里,我只给一个学生打a,也只给予一个同学不及格的评分。
he estimated that as many as 6 of every 10 students would flunk if they had to advance on merit.
他估计如果按照成绩升级的话,十个学生中将有六个过不了关。
if he is no good, flunk him.
如果他表现不好,给他不及格。
ll: the word flunk can mean both 「to give a failing grade to」 as well as 「to fail a course」.
噢,我懂了,flunk既可以指给学生不及格的分数,也可以指学生自己考不及格。
but just like high school, many students flunk out of college because of their poor grades.
但正如高中一样,许多大学生因成绩不好而退学。
about 5 percent of students in the language program flunk out before their freshman year.
参加英语语言课程大约5%的学生会在上大一之前退学。
i went to the movies with my friends instead of studying so now i have to pull an all-nighter or i'll flunk my test tomorrow.
我去和朋友们看电影了,而没有学习。所以现在我必须熬夜了,不然我明天的考试就会不及格。