woodward
woodward — 名詞
1. Robert Burns Woodward (1917–1979), an American chemist who won the Nobel Prize i
伍德沃德
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Robert Burns Woodward (1917–1979), an American chemist who won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1965. He was famous for discovering the structure of many complex natural substances and for being able to produce them in the laboratory — for example, quinine, chlorophyll, and vitamin B₁₂.
At the 1965 ceremony in Stockholm, Woodward smiled as he received the Nobel Prize.
在 1965 年斯德哥爾摩的頒獎典禮上，伍德沃德微笑接過諾貝爾獎。
collocation: receive the Nobel Prize for [field]
Sora studied Woodward's laboratory papers to learn how he created the quinine molecule.
Sora 研讀了伍德沃德的實驗室論文，學習他如何合成奎寧分子。
pattern: study [someone]'s papers to learn how [clause]
Élise wrote her thesis on Woodward's total synthesis of the cholesterol molecule.
Élise 的論文主題是伍德沃德對膽固醇分子的全合成研究。
In the lab, Professor Kian praised Woodward's synthesis of vitamin B₁₂ as a landmark discovery.
Kian 教授在實驗室稱讚伍德沃德對維生素 B₁₂ 的合成是一項里程碑式的發現。
用法筆記
In chemistry contexts, 'Woodward' almost always refers to Robert Burns Woodward. The name may also appear in compound terms such as Woodward–Hoffmann rules (a set of principles in organic chemistry) and Woodward's rules (for predicting UV absorption).