VOA常速英语:Fermilab Scientists Optimistic About Finding Higgs Boson Particle

短语讲解：

1. University of Florida professor Jacobo Konigsberg has contributed to CERN’s hunt for the “Higgs boson.”

contribute to促成
例句：Your suggestion has greatly contributed to the accomplishment of our work.
你的建议大大地促进了我们工作的完成。

2. In a control room directly linked to CERN, Konigsberg watches test results and information.

link to与…连接; 联系
例句：Fingerprints linked the suspect to the crime.
指纹使嫌疑犯与犯罪联系起来。

3. Roser visited the CERN laboratories in the days leading up to the announcement of progress in the search for the Higgs.

lead up to作为…的准备; 导致
例句：In the months leading up to the great ceremony, many people took part in the preparations.
临近盛典的几个月里, 许多人参加了准备工作。
search for搜索, 搜寻
例句：We searched in vain for the missing child.
我们到处寻找那孩子, 但没有找到。

4. You cannot yet rule out that this small axis of events is from other processes that are mimicking the Higgs.

rule out宣布…不可能; 排除…的可能性
例句：A sudden storm ruled out the boat race.
突如其来的暴风雨使划船比赛无法进行。

5. There is still a chance the Tevatron could yield the results scientists are looking for.

look for寻找
例句：She is looking for her lost child.
她正在寻找失去的孩子。

6. Though it’s turned off, Roser and his team are still sifting through data and expect to release their findings in March.

turn off完成
例句：I turned off a good piece of work this morning.
今天上午我完成了一件令人满意的工作。