生活大爆炸第一季第一集英语学习笔记

quantum

the smallest amount or unit of something, especially energy

量子

string theory

弦理论

Yeah. well,it's just some quantum mechanics

不错 只是一些量子力学而已

With a little string theory doodling around the edges.

边上还随便写了一点点弦理论

spoof

to try to make someone believe in something that is not true, as a joke

哄骗；捉弄

It's a spoof of the born-oppenheimer approximation.

讽刺下波恩-奥本海默近似

derivative

If something is derivative, it is not the result of new ideas, but has been developed from or copies something else.

缺乏独创性的；模仿的

restatement

the act of saying something again or in a different way

重述，重申；（换种方法）重新表述

scribble

to write or draw something quickly or carelessly

匆匆地写；乱涂乱画

A derivative restatement of the kind of stuff

再一次强调说你能在任何一个麻省理工的

You can find scribbled on the wall of any men's room at mit,sure.

男生寝室墙上发现那些涂鸦 那一点没错

dimension

a part or feature or way of considering something

层面，维度；特点

At least I didn't have to invent 26 dimensions

至少我不会为了解决个数学问题

Just to make the math come out.

去发明个什么26维出来

radiator

a device, usually a container filled with water, that sends out heat, often as part of a heating or cooling system

（通常指依靠水循环的）暖气装置；散热器；冷却器

perspiration

polite word for sweat (= a clear liquid passed through the skin)

汗

In the winter,that seat is close enough to the radiator

在冬天 这个位子离暖气比较近所以比较暖和

To remain warm,and yet not so close as to cause perspiration

但也不至于太近以至于引起出汗

distortion

a change to the intended or true meaning of something

歪曲，曲解

That is neither direct,thus discouraging conversation,

不会太正 从而影响跟别人说话

Nor so far wide as to create a parallax distortion.

也不会太斜 从而造成脖子酸疼

boggle

to be very surprised and uncertain about how to deal with something

（因吃惊而）犹豫不决，不知所措

We played klingon boggle till 1:00 a.m.

我们还玩"克林贡拼字游戏"玩到凌晨一点(克林贡是外星人)

implication

an occasion when you seem to suggest something without saying it directly

含意；暗指，暗示

that has negative social implications.

这是社交上很消极的暗示

i said I'm sorry!

我说对不起了

delusion

belief in something that is not true

幻想；错觉

Yes. it tells us that you participate in the mass cultural delusion

没错 我们可以了解到你有群众性文化妄想

arbitrarily

in a way that uses personal power unfairly and without considering people's rights and wishes

专断地；武断地；霸道地

That the sun's apparent position

就是指你出生时

Relative to arbitrarily defined constellations at the time of your birth

相对于任意确定星座的太阳的视位置

Somehow affects your personality.

可能会决定你的性格

vegetarian

a person who does not eat meat for health or religious reasons or because they want to avoid being cruel to animals

素食者，素食主义者

I'm a vegetarian. except for fish.

我是素食者 但我吃鱼

(lactose乳糖)

intolerant

adj. 无法忍受；偏狭，不容异说的；不包容的；心胸狭隘的

disapproving of or refusing to accept ideas or ways of behaving that are different from your own

You're lactose-intolerant.

你不是不能吃乳糖嘛

I don't eat it... I just think it's a good idea.

我是不吃...我只是觉得那东西不错

screenplay

n.电影剧本

the text for a film, including the words to be spoken by the actors and instructions for the cameras

Anyways,I'm also writing a screenplay.

还有 我正在写一个剧本

It's about this sensitive girl who comes to l.a. from lincoln,nebraska,

讲一个多愁善感的女生从内布拉斯加州的林肯来到了洛杉矶

jerk

n. 性情古怪的人;混蛋，（通常指男子）蠢人，头脑简单的人

a stupid person, usually a man

It was.

是不错

Until I fell in love with a jerk!

直到我爱上了那混蛋!

pathetic

adj. 可怜的,悲哀的;感伤的，招人怜悯的

causing feelings of sadness, sympathy, or sometimes lack of respect, especially because a person or an animal is suffering

gut

n.胆量，勇气，意志

courage in dealing with danger or uncertainty

You want to know the most pathetic part?

你们想知道最悲哀的是什么吗

Even though I hate his lying,cheating guts...

即使我已经恨透了他的谎言 他的不忠

paradox

n. 似非而是的论点；悖论，反论；自相矛盾的人或事

a situation or statement that seems impossible or is difficult to understand because it contains two opposite facts or characteristics

It's a paradox.

只是一种悖论

Paradoxes are part of nature. think about light.

自然界中到处都存在着悖论 比如说光

(double-slit experiment双缝实验)

particle

n. 颗粒;质点;微粒，粒子

an extremely small piece of matter

But then along comes albert einstein

不过后来有了爱因斯坦

And discovers that light behaves like particles,too.

他发现光原来也具有粒子性

weird

adj. 怪诞的;超然的;怪异的；不寻常的；出乎意料的；超自然的

very strange and unusual, unexpected, or not natural

Really? would it be totally weird if I used it?

真的? 如果我在这里洗你们会不会介意?

alzheimer's n. 老人痴呆症；痴呆症

episode

n. 插曲;插话;一段情节；（尤指电视或广播节目的）一集，一节，片断

one of the single parts into which a story is divided, especially when it is broadcast on the television or radio

That's not true. remember at thanksgiving,

不见得啊 记得感恩节

My grandmother with alzheimer's had that episode?

我那老年痴呆的祖母上演的那段?

rip

v.撕;裂开，撕裂；撕破；划破

to pull apart; to tear or be torn violently and quickly

Point taken. it has been some time

明白了 距离上次有女人

Since we've had a woman take her clothes off,

在我们这里轻解罗裳 并且看了之后

After which we didn't want to rip our eyes out.

我们不想把眼睛给挖出来的 已经很久了

carve

v.雕刻;切开，把（熟肉）切成小片

to cut thin pieces from a large piece of cooked meat

The worst part was watching her carve that turkey.

其实最糟的是看她切那火鸡

species

n. 物种；种类，（动植物的）种，物种

a set of animals or plants in which the members have similar characteristics to each other and can breed with each other

Yes,but not of the same species.

没错 但不是同一物种

hypothetical

adj. 假设的,假定的;有待证实的

imagined or suggested but not necessarily real or true

I'm not going to engage in hypotheticals here.

我才不跟你讨论什么假设

I'm just trying to be a good neighbor.

我只想当个好邻居

briefly

adv. 短暂地；简短地

for a short time

However briefly.

大致是这样

hinder

v. 阻碍;妨碍

to limit the ability of someone to do something, or to lim。it the development of something

shampoo

n. 洗发;洗发精

a liquid used for washing hair, or for washing particular objects or materials

conditioner

n. 护发素，护发剂;

a thick liquid that you put on and wash off your hair after you have washed it, to improve the quality and appearance of your hair

n. 盆, 桶

a large, round container with a flat base and an open top

Hey,is there a trick to getting it to switch from tub to shower...?

是不是应该有个旋关把水从浴缸那里弄到淋浴器上

orbit

n. 眼眶，（天体围绕行星或恒星运行的）轨道

the curved path through which objects in space move around a planet or star

jupiter

n. 木星

the planet fifth in order of distance from the Sun, after Mars and before Saturn

resolution

n.分辨力，分辨率，（显微镜、电视、计算机显示屏等的）清晰度

the ability of a microscope, or a television or computer screen, to show things clearly and with a lot of detail

It's currently orbiting jupiter's largest moon

它正在围绕着木星的最大卫星轨道运行

Taking high-resolution digital photographs.

拍摄高分辨率的数码照片

sentiment

n. (对怜悯、怀旧等的)柔情，观点；意见；看法；情绪

a thought, opinion, or idea based on a feeling about a situation, or a way of thinking about something

It's a sentiment I can express in six languages.

是一句祝词 我能用六种语言来说

causality

n. 因果关系，因果律，因果论（即万事皆有其因）

the principle that there is a cause for everything that happens

I really think we should examine the chain of causality here.

我真的觉得我们该好好想想这里面的因果关系了

halfway

adj. & adv. 半途(的),中间(的)

in the middle of something, or at a place that is equally far from two other places

retrieve

vt. 寻回, 找回，取回；挽回

to find and bring back something

Event b... we drive halfway across town to retrieve a television set

事件二 我们开车穿过半个城市到上述那位女性的

From the aforementioned woman's ex-boyfriend.

前男友住处取回一台电视机

aforementioned adj. 前面提到,上述的

rational

adj. 理性的;合理的，头脑清醒的;理智的

based on clear thought and reason

Is there even a semi-rational link between these events?

这两个事件哪怕是有半点合理的联系

do somebody a favor 帮某人一个忙；给某人一个恩惠

She asked me to do her a favor,sheldon.

她请求我帮她个忙 谢尔顿

proximal

adj. 最接近;中央的，接近身体中央的；近（骨或肌肉）端的

near to the centre of the body or to the point of attachment of a bone or muscle

Yes,well,that may be the proximal cause of our journey,

是啊 这可能是我们这趟旅途最近似的原因了

contradistinction对比的不同,对照的区别

distal[解]末梢的，末端的

biological

adj. 生物学的，生物的；与生命过程有关的

connected with the natural processes of living things

That's a biological impossibility. and you didn't have to come.

从生理上说这是不可能的 还有 你可以不用跟来啊

breakup

n. 崩溃;分裂;解体

the termination or disintegration of a relationship (between persons or nations)

defect

v.叛变;变节，（尤指为加入敌对国家、政党等）脱离，退出，叛逃

to leave a country, political party, etc., especially in order to join an opposing one

You did not break up with joyce kim. she defected to north korea.

你没有和乔伊斯·金分手 是她投奔回朝鲜了

dispute

n. 辩论;争吵，（尤指劳资双方或相邻两国之间的）争执，争端，纠纷

an argument or disagreement, especially an official one between, for example, workers and employers or two countries with a common border

custody

n. 保管，照管，监护；（尤指对父母离异或去世的孩子的）监护权

the legal right or duty to care for someone or something, especially a child after its parents have separated or died

There's some kind of dispute between penny and her ex-boyfriend

就谁该得到这台电视的拥有权

As to who gets custody of the tv.

佩妮和她前男友有过争吵

have a scene with

与某人争吵

She just wanted to avoid having a scene with him.

她只是不想和他再大吵大闹

-so we get to have a scene with him? -no,there's not going to be a scene.

-所以我们去和他大吵大闹 -不 我们不用和他去吵的

deny

v. 否认知情;拒绝

to say that something is not true

Leonard,the tv's in the building.

莱纳德 电视机在楼上

We've been denied access to the building,ergo,we are done.

我们已经被阻止进入大楼了 因此 我们没戏了

hitch

n. 钩；猛拉；急推；蹒跚；故障

hitch

a temporary difficulty that causes a short delay

临时故障，小问题

identify

v.认出

to recognize someone or something and say or prove who or what that person or thing is

Excuse me. if I were to give up on the first little hitch,

我很抱歉 如果我当初遇到点小麻烦就放弃的话

I never would have identified the fingerprints of string theory

我永远也不会在宇宙大爆炸之后

In the aftermath of the big bang.

成功验证弦理论了

grab

v.抓住;攫取

to take hold of something or someone suddenly and roughly

What do you think their combined iq is?

你认为她们的智商加起来有多少?

Just grab the door!

快把门抵住

(intercom对讲机)

league

n.联盟;范畴

a group of people or countries who join together because they have the same interest

联盟，联合会

Anyway,I've learned my lesson.

好了 反正我买到教训了

She's out of my league,I'm done with her.

她和我不是一类人 我跟她玩完了

quest

n.探索;追求

ale麦芽酒

a long search for something that is difficult to find, or an attempt to achieve something difficult

探索；寻求；追求

This is one of my favorite places to kick back after a quest.

这是我搜寻猎物后最喜欢的交付地之一

They have a great house ale.

这里的麦酒太棒了

explanatory

adj. 解释的,说明的

giving an explanation about something

Well,your ex-boyfriend sends his regards

你前男友要我们代他问好

And I think the rest is fairly self-explanatory.

其他我想已经可以一目了然了

valid

有效

hypothesis

n. 假说, 假设, 前提

an idea or explanation for something that is based on known facts but has not yet been proved

No,it was a valid hypothesis.

不 你这样假设是有道理的

redundant

adj. 不需要的; 多余的

(especially of a word, phrase, etc.) 

unnecessary because it is more than is needed

（尤指词、短语等）多余的，不需要的，累赘的，啰唆的

spell out 讲清楚;解释

It would be gastronomically redundant.

从烹饪学角度来说 这是过剩的

I can see we're going to have to spell out everything for this girl.

我估计以后无论什么我们都需要跟这个女孩解释一下

odds

n. 不平等;几率

the probability (= how likely it is) that a particular thing will or will not happen

可能性，机会；几率，概率

I don't know what your odds are in the world as a whole,

我不知道在整个世界范围内你的成功概率有多少