edwards
edwards — 名詞
1. An American religious leader and thinker from the 1700s who helped lead the Grea
清教神學家
十八世紀美國清教神學家與大覺醒運動領袖
An American religious leader and thinker from the 1700s who helped lead the Great Awakening — a time of large religious meetings across the colonies. His well-known sermons focused on having a personal connection to God and on God's complete power over people's lives.
Each Tuesday, Sana's history class reads a Jonathan Edwards sermon and discusses its main ideas.
Sana 的歷史課每週二會讀一篇 Jonathan Edwards 的講道，並討論其中主要觀點。
Name + classroom reading and discussion context
Jonathan Edwards preached to large crowds during the Great Awakening in New England.
Jonathan Edwards 曾在新英格蘭的大覺醒運動期間向大批群眾講道。
Name + Great Awakening revival context
Jonathan Edwards became College of New Jersey president in 1758 and died of a fever months later at 54.
Jonathan Edwards 在 1758 年擔任新澤西學院校長，幾個月後便因發燒去世，享年 54 歲。
Professor Okafor assigns Jonathan Edwards' most famous sermon to her first-year philosophy students each semester.
Okafor 教授每學期都會指定大一哲學系的學生閱讀 Jonathan Edwards 最著名的一篇講道。
用法筆記
In academic writing, you may refer to Jonathan Edwards simply as 'Edwards' after the first full mention. Do not confuse him with the British scientist Robert Edwards.
常見錯誤
2. A British scientist who helped create the method called in vitro fertilisation (
英國生理學家
體外受精技術先驅
A British scientist who helped create the method called in vitro fertilisation (IVF), making possible the birth of the first test-tube baby in 1978. He won the Nobel Prize in 2010 for his life-changing work in helping people who struggle to have babies.
The Nobel committee praised Robert Edwards in 2010 for changing the lives of over four million families.
諾貝爾委員會在 2010 年表彰 Robert Edwards，肯定他改變了超過四百萬個家庭的生活。
Name + Nobel Prize and global impact
The first test-tube baby — an egg fertilised outside the body — was born in 1978 thanks to Robert Edwards.
第一個試管嬰兒——卵子在體外受精的寶寶——於 1978 年誕生，歸功於 Robert Edwards 的研究。
Name + test-tube baby breakthrough explanation
A Taiwanese couple travelled to England in the 1980s to try Robert Edwards' IVF method.
1980 年代，一對台灣夫妻遠赴英國，嘗試 Robert Edwards 的體外受精技術。
Surgeon Patrick Steptoe and Robert Edwards worked together to fertilise a human egg outside the body for the first time.
外科醫生 Patrick Steptoe 與 Robert Edwards 合作，首次成功在體外完成人類卵子受精。
用法筆記
Sir Robert Edwards is often called 'Robert Edwards' or 'Sir Robert Edwards' in scientific writing. He is routinely introduced as the pioneer of IVF.