discovery的词语用法是什么

1. the act of discovering something
2. something that is discovered
3. a productive insight
4. (law) compulsory pretrial disclosure of documents relevant to a case; enables one side in a litigation to elicit information from the other side concerning the facts in the case

1.发现;发觉;察觉
If someone makes adiscovery, they become aware of something that they did not know about before.

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e.g. I felt I'd made an incrediblediscovery.
我觉得我有一个天大的发现。
e.g. ...thediscovery that both his wife and son are HIV positive.
查出他妻子和儿子艾滋病病毒检测都呈阳性

2.(第一个)发现
If someone makes adiscovery, they are the first person to find or become aware of a place, substance, or scientific fact that no one knew about before.

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e.g. In that year, two momentous discoveries were made.
那一年，有两个重大发现。
e.g. ...thediscovery of the ozone hole over the South Pole...
南极上空臭氧洞的发现

3.(对不为人知的演员、音乐人等的)发现
If someone makes adiscovery, they recognize that an actor, musician, or other performer who is not well-known has talent.

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e.g. His job is thediscovery and promotion of new artists.
他的任务就是发现并推出艺术新人。

4.找到;（偶然的）发现
When thediscovery of people or objects happens, someone finds them, either by accident or as a result of looking for them.

e.g. ...thediscovery and destruction by soldiers of millions of marijuana plants.
士兵发现并销毁了大量大麻作物

• acknowledge a new discovery承认新发现
• announce a new discovery宣布新的发现
• celebrate a new discovery庆祝新的发现
• make a new discovery作出新发现
• mark a new discovery标志新发现

• exciting discovery令人兴奋的发现
• final discovery最后发现
• further discovery进一步的发现
• great discovery伟大的发现
• important discovery重要的发现
• interesting discovery有趣的发现
• recent discovery新近的发现
• scientific discovery科学发现
• wonderful discovery惊人的发现

• conduct discovery事实发现
• research discovery研究上的发现

• discovery in science在科学上的发现
• discovery in the history of mankind人类历史上的发现
• discovery of America发现美洲
• discovery of great importance重大发现

• The bankrupt..is bound upon pain of death to make a full discovery of all his estate.

  出自：W. Blackstone

• ☆ 直接源自中古英语的discoveren，意为发现，被发现的事物。