Vocabulary: 最后的问题-(1956)-The Last Question
from 100:科幻之书 I 窃星
- 力所能及x1 | Chapter Rank #666as far as one's capabilities extend (idiom); to the best of one's ability; within one's powers
- 极致x1 | Chapter Rank #667peak; pinnacle; ultimate
- 至少x2 | Chapter Rank #357at least; (to say the) least
- 他们x16 | Chapter Rank #51they; them
- 结构x1 | Chapter Rank #668structure; composition; makeup; architecture; CL:座[zuo4],個|个[ge4]
- 电路x1 | Chapter Rank #669electric circuit
- 有x24 | Chapter Rank #32to have; there is; (bound form) having; with; -ful; -ed; -al (as in 有意[you3 yi4] intentional)
- 大致x1 | Chapter Rank #670more or less; roughly; approximately
- 概念x1 | Chapter Rank #671concept; idea; CL:個|个[ge4]
- 规模x1 | Chapter Rank #672scale; scope; extent
- 早就x2 | Chapter Rank #358already at an earlier time
- 决定x1 | Chapter Rank #673to decide; to determine; to make up one's mind; decision (CL:個|个[ge4],項|项[xiang4])
- 已x3 | Chapter Rank #237already; to stop; then; afterwards
- 没x6 | Chapter Rank #134(negative prefix for verbs) have not; notdrowned; to end; to die; to inundate
- 能x23 | Chapter Rank #34surname Nengcan; to be able to; might possibly; ability; (physics) energy
- 独自x1 | Chapter Rank #674alone
- 掌握x1 | Chapter Rank #675to grasp (often fig.); to control; to seize (initiative, opportunity, destiny); to master; to know well; to understand sth well and know how to use it; fluency
- 所有x21 | Chapter Rank #38all; to have; to possess; to own
- 细节x1 | Chapter Rank #676details; particulars
- 会x28 | Chapter Rank #26(bound form) to reckon accountscan; to have the skill; to know how to; to be likely to; to be sure to; to meet; to get together; meeting; gathering; (suffix) union; group; association; (bound form) a moment (Taiwan pr. [hui3])
- 自我调节x1 | Chapter Rank #677
- 校正x2 | Chapter Rank #359to proofread and correct; to edit and rectify; to correct; to calibrate
- 必须x3 | Chapter Rank #238to have to; must; compulsory; necessarily
- 因为x5 | Chapter Rank #160because; owing to; on account of
- 能够x2 | Chapter Rank #360to be capable of; to be able to; can
- 进行x3 | Chapter Rank #239(of a process etc) to proceed; to be in progress; to be underway; (of people) to carry out; to conduct (an investigation or discussion etc); (of an army etc) to be on the march; to advance
- 调节x1 | Chapter Rank #678to adjust; to regulate; to harmonize; to reconcile (accountancy etc)
- 远远不够x1 | Chapter Rank #679
- 快x5 | Chapter Rank #161rapid; quick; speed; rate; soon; almost; to make haste; clever; sharp (of knives or wits); forthright; plainspoken; gratified; pleased; pleasant
- 甚至x2 | Chapter Rank #361even; so much so that
- 不够x2 | Chapter Rank #362not enough; insufficient; inadequate
- 好x8 | Chapter Rank #109good; appropriate; proper; all right!; (before a verb) easy to; (before a verb) good to; (before an adjective for exclamatory effect) so; (verb complement indicating completion); (of two people) close; on intimate terms; (after a personal pronoun) helloto be fond of; to have a tendency to; to be prone to
- 于是x3 | Chapter Rank #240thereupon; as a result; consequently; thus; hence
- 管理x3 | Chapter Rank #241to supervise; to manage; to administer; management; administration; CL:個|个[ge4]
- 维护x1 | Chapter Rank #680to defend; to safeguard; to protect; to uphold; to maintain
- 很x9 | Chapter Rank #92very; quite; (also, often used before an adjective without intensifying its meaning, i.e. as a meaningless syntactic element)
- 浅显x1 | Chapter Rank #681(of written or spoken material) easy to understand; accessible
- 不过x3 | Chapter Rank #242only; merely; no more than; but; however; anyway (to get back to a previous topic); cannot be more (after adjectival)
- 任x1 | Chapter Rank #682to assign; to appoint; to take up a post; office; responsibility; to let; to allow; to give free rein to; no matter (how, what etc); classifier for terms served in office, or for spouses, girlfriends etc (as in 前任男友)surname Ren
- 谁x3 | Chapter Rank #243who; also pr. [shui2]
- 只能x2 | Chapter Rank #363can only; obliged to do sth; to have no other choice
- 做到x1 | Chapter Rank #683to accomplish; to achieve
- 而已x1 | Chapter Rank #684that's all; nothing more
- 给x5 | Chapter Rank #162to supply; to provideto; for; for the benefit of; to give; to allow; to do sth (for sb); (grammatical equivalent of 被); (grammatical equivalent of 把); (sentence intensifier)
- 输入x2 | Chapter Rank #364to import; to input
- 数据x19 | Chapter Rank #44data
- 根据x1 | Chapter Rank #685according to; based on; basis; foundation; CL:個|个[ge4]
- 需要x3 | Chapter Rank #244to need; to want; to demand; to require; needs
- 编辑x2 | Chapter Rank #365to edit; to compile; editor; compiler
- 格式x1 | Chapter Rank #686form; specification; format