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1.scientific discovery 科学发现

We have brought scientific discovery and entrepreneurial activity together.
我们把科学发现和企业经营活动联系在一起。

As is often the way with scientific discovery, technological breakthroughs of the sort that have given science the neanderthal genome have been as important to the development of genomics as intellectual insights have been.
一如以往的科学发现，这样的技术突破对科学发展起到重要作用，尼安德特人的基因组对基因学发展的贡献和历史上的智力发现一样具有里程碑意义。

2.about to do 将要完成

Consider repercussions of what you're about to do.
你们要想清楚这样做的后果。

When we discovered what you were about to do.
当我们得知你们要做什么的时候。

3.due to 由于；因为；应归于

Much of the shift is due to economic growth.
这种变化的大部分都是由于经济的增长。

Police say it's due to better policing.
警察说这是因为加强了治安。

4.in particular 尤其， 特别

Progress is needed in three areas in particular.
尤其需要在三个方面取得进展。

Unemployment in particular has risen less than once seemed likely.
特别是失业率的增速似乎可能有所放缓。