Vocabulary: 最后的问题-（1956）-The Last Question
from 100：科幻之书 I 窃星
- 占地x1 | Chapter Rank #1032to take up space; to occupy (space)
- 超过x1 | Chapter Rank #1033to surpass; to exceed; to outstrip
- 一百x2 | Chapter Rank #465
- 平方英里x1 | Chapter Rank #1034
- 每个x4 | Chapter Rank #208each; every
- 只有x4 | Chapter Rank #209only have ...; there is only ...; (used in combination with 才[cai2]) it is only if ... (that one can ...) (as in 只有通過治療才能痊愈|只有通过治疗才能痊愈[zhi3 you3 tong1 guo4 zhi4 liao2 cai2 neng2 quan2 yu4] "the only way to cure it is with therapy"); it is only (someone) who ... (as in 只有男性才有此需要[zhi3 you3 nan2 xing4 cai2 you3 ci3 xu1 yao4] "only men would have such a requirement"); (used to express lack of alternatives) can only; have no choice but to (as in 只有屈服[zhi3 you3 qu1 fu2] "the only thing you can do is give in")
- 一千x1 | Chapter Rank #1035
- 持续x1 | Chapter Rank #1036to continue; to persist; to last; sustainable; preservation
- 变x3 | Chapter Rank #295to change; to become different; to transform; to vary; rebellion
- 一场x1 | Chapter Rank #1037
- 技术x1 | Chapter Rank #1038technology; technique; skill; CL:門|门[men2],種|种[zhong3],項|项[xiang4]
- 革命x1 | Chapter Rank #1039to withdraw the mandate of heaven (and transition to a new dynasty) (original meaning); revolution; revolutionary; to revolt (against sb or sth); to revolutionize (sth); (separable verb sometimes used in the pattern 革noun的命); CL:次[ci4]
- 突如其来x1 | Chapter Rank #1040to arise abruptly; to arrive suddenly; happening suddenly
- 分子x3 | Chapter Rank #296member of a class or group; people of a certain type(chemistry) molecule; (math.) numerator of a fraction
- 阀x2 | Chapter Rank #466powerful individual, family or group; clique; (loanword) valve
- 一举x1 | Chapter Rank #1041a move; an action; in one move; at a stroke; in one go
- 取代x2 | Chapter Rank #467to replace; to supersede; to supplant; (chemistry) substitution
- 晶体管x1 | Chapter Rank #1042transistor
- 此后x1 | Chapter Rank #1043after this; afterwards; hereafter
- 哪怕x2 | Chapter Rank #468even; even if; even though; no matter how
- 强大x3 | Chapter Rank #297big and strong; formidable; powerful
- 缩小x1 | Chapter Rank #1044to reduce; to decrease; to shrink
- 艘x1 | Chapter Rank #1045classifier for ships; Taiwan pr. [sao1]
- 大小x2 | Chapter Rank #469large and small; size; adults and children; consideration of seniority; at any rate
- 伴随x1 | Chapter Rank #1046to accompany; to follow; to occur together with; concomitant
- 太空x4 | Chapter Rank #210outer space
- 感到x2 | Chapter Rank #470to feel; to sense; to perceive
- 振奋x1 | Chapter Rank #1047to stir oneself up; to raise one's spirits; to inspire
- 自家x1 | Chapter Rank #1048oneself; one's own family
- 比x2 | Chapter Rank #471to compare; (followed by a noun and adjective) more {adj.} than {noun}; ratio; to gesture; (Taiwan pr. [bi4] in some compounds derived from Classical Chinese)Belgium; Belgian; abbr. for 比利時|比利时[Bi3 li4 shi2]
- 当年x1 | Chapter Rank #1049that very same yearin those days; back then; in those years; to be in the prime of life
- 原始x1 | Chapter Rank #1050first; original; primitive; original (document etc)
- 驯服x1 | Chapter Rank #1051to tame; tame; docile
- 若干倍x1 | Chapter Rank #1052
- 解决x6 | Chapter Rank #149to solve; to resolve; to settle (a problem); to eliminate; to wipe out (an enemy, bandits etc)
- 相比x1 | Chapter Rank #1053to compare
- 毫不逊色x1 | Chapter Rank #1054not inferior in any respect
- 每每x1 | Chapter Rank #1055often
- 想到x1 | Chapter Rank #1056to think of; to call to mind; to anticipate
- 满怀希望x1 | Chapter Rank #1057
- 那么x2 | Chapter Rank #472like that; in that way; to that extent; (before a number) ... or so; about ...; then; in that case
- 行星x3 | Chapter Rank #298planet; CL:顆|颗[ke1]
- 呀x5 | Chapter Rank #171ah (used to express surprise); (onom.) creaking(particle equivalent to 啊 after a vowel, expressing surprise or doubt)
- 心事重重x1 | Chapter Rank #1058to have a lot on one's mind; to be laden with anxiety
- 叹气x1 | Chapter Rank #1059to sigh; to heave a sigh
- 猜x2 | Chapter Rank #473to guess
- 从此以后x1 | Chapter Rank #1060
- 家庭x1 | Chapter Rank #1061family; household; CL:戶|户[hu4]
- 不断x2 | Chapter Rank #474unceasing; uninterrupted; continuous; constant
- 迁徙x1 | Chapter Rank #1062to migrate; to move