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【例 3】 To see an animal in pain is enough, for most, to engage (④) sympathy.【译】 对于大多数人来说，看见一个动物在受苦，足以引起他们同情。
experiment
n.试验；v.(on)做实验
【例 1】Science, in practice, depends far less on the experiments (n.) it preparesthan on the preparedness of the minds of the men who watch the experiments.【译】 在实践中，科学成果的取得依赖于做有准备的实验，但更依赖于有思想准备的实验观察者。【例 2】 He experimented (vi.) with antibacterial substances for nine yearsbefore he made his discovery.【译】 他是对抗菌物质进行了长达 9 年的实验才有了这项发明。

fabricate
v.①捏造，编造(谎言，借口等);②建造，制造
【例 1】 The newly described languages were often so strikingly different fromthe well studied languages of Europe and Southeast Asia that some scholars evenaccused Boas and Sapir of fabricating (①) their data.【译】 这些新近被描述的语言和得到充分研究的欧洲和东南亚地区的语言往往差别显著，以至于有些学者甚至指责 Boas 和 Sapir 编造了材料。