留美老师带你每日说英文 第878期:更加敏锐的直觉

 　　台湾籍旅美老师今天交给我们的句子是：

　　Part of the trick is to use the process of elimination¹ and lots of trial and error to hone in on the right pieces, and the more logic² puzzles you solve, the better your intuition will be for when and where there's enough information to make your deductions⁴.

　　常用的技巧就是排除法和多次尝试去找到正确的方向，解开的谜题越多，你的直觉就会更加敏锐，你就知道如何使用已知信息推断。

　　更加敏锐的直觉

　　学习重点：

　　1.elimination 淘汰

　　elimination (n.) 淘汰

　　eliminate (v.) 淘汰

　　2.trial 试；试用；试验

　　trial (v.) 试；试用；试验

　　trail (n.) 小径

　　3.logic 逻辑

　　logic (n.) 逻辑

　　logical (adj.) 合逻辑的；合理的

　　logicality (n.) 逻辑性

　　4.intuition 直觉

　　intuition (n.) 直觉

　　tuition (n.) 学费

　　5.deduction³ 扣除，减除

　　deduction (n.) 扣除，减除

　　deduct⁵ (v.) 扣除

1 elimination   

n.排除，消除，消灭

参考例句：

• Their elimination from the competition was a great surprise.他们在比赛中遭到淘汰是个很大的意外。
• I was eliminated from the 400 metres in the semi-finals.我在400米半决赛中被淘汰。

2 logic   

n.逻辑(学)；逻辑性

参考例句：

• What sort of logic is that?这是什么逻辑？
• I don't follow the logic of your argument.我不明白你的论点逻辑性何在。

3 deduction   

n.减除，扣除，减除额；推论，推理，演绎

参考例句：

• No deduction in pay is made for absence due to illness.因病请假不扣工资。
• His deduction led him to the correct conclusion.他的推断使他得出正确的结论。

4 deductions   

扣除( deduction的名词复数 )； 结论； 扣除的量； 推演

参考例句：

• Many of the older officers trusted agents sightings more than cryptanalysts'deductions. 许多年纪比较大的军官往往相信特务的发现，而不怎么相信密码分析员的推断。
• You know how you rush at things,jump to conclusions without proper deductions. 你知道你处理问题是多么仓促，毫无合适的演绎就仓促下结论。

5 deduct   

vt.扣除，减去

参考例句：

• You can deduct the twenty - five cents out of my allowance.你可在我的零用钱里扣去二角五分钱。
• On condition of your signing this contract,I will deduct a percentage.如果你在这份合同上签字，我就会给你减免一个百分比。