English Words

Extracted from N. Nagaosa, J. Sinova, S. Onoda, A. H. MacDonald, and N. P. Ong, Anomalous Hall Effect, Rev. Mod. Phys. 82, 1539 (2010). and Youdao dictionary .

1. enigmatic /ˌenɪɡˈmætɪk/

   adj. 神秘的；高深莫测的；谜一般的

   短语

   enigmatic folk similes 歇后语

   Enigmatic Fire 一生最爱就是你

   Enigmatic Maden 谜样少女

   enigmatic figure 不可捉摸的人

   adj.

   1. not clear to the understanding I didn’t grasp the meaning of that enigmatic comment until much later prophetic texts so enigmatic that their meaning has been disputed for centuries 近义词： enigmatical、 puzzling
   2. resembling an oracle in obscurity of thought so enigmatic that priests (牧师) might have to clarify it an enigmatic smile 近义词： oracular (adj. 神谕的；谜似的；玄妙深奥的)

   The AHE has been an enigmatic problem that has resisted theoretical and experimental assaults for almost a century.

2. dubbed /dʌbd/

   adj. 被称为的；译制的

   v. 刺；授予……称号；译制影片；结账（dub 的过去分词）

   dubbed film title 译制片字幕

   to be dubbed 被称为

   ubbed one pair 配成一对

   What is now viewed as the Berry-phase curvature, earlier dubbed “anomalous velocity” by Luttinger, arose naturally in the first microscopic theory of the AHE by Karplus and Luttinger (1954).

3. mire /ˈmaɪə(r)/

   n. 泥潭；[地理]泥沼 = moss

   vi. 陷于泥坑；陷入困境 = get into hot waterget into a jam

   vt. 使陷于泥坑；使陷入困境 = embog

   the AHE problem was quickly mired in a controversy of unusual endurance.

4. hindsight /ˈhaɪndsaɪt/

   n. 后见之明 understanding the nature of an event after it has happened

   hindsight is always better than foresight

   In 1954, Karplus and Luttinger
   KL
   Karplus and Luttinger, 1954 proposed a theory for the AHE that, in hindsight, provided a crucial step in unraveling the AHE problem.

5. consensus /kənˈsensəs/

   n. 一致看法，共识

   Washington Consensus 华盛顿共识

   scientific consensus 科学共识

   reach a consensus 达成共识

   The subsequent consensus was that such plots do not settle the debate.

6. hazy /ˈheɪzi/

   adj. 雾蒙蒙的，朦胧的；记不清的，模糊的；主意不定的，困惑的

   hazy violet 紫罗兰

   hazy weather 烟雾天气

   hazy sunshine 蒙蒙的阳光

   Hazy Moonnight 朦胧月夜

   Lazy Hazy Crazy 同班同学

   Some of the confusion in experimental studies stemmed from a hazy distinction between the KL mechanism and the side-jump mechanism, a poor understanding…

7. wan /wɒn/

   adj. （脸色或外表）苍白的；乏力的；（光线）暗淡的，微弱的；（微笑）淡淡的，不自然的；（诗、文）（大海）暗淡的

   v. （使）变苍白；（使）呈病态

   In the mid-1980s, interest in the AHE problem had waned significantly

8. controversy 英 /ˈkɒntrəvɜːsi/

   The points of controversy remained unsettled, however, and the topic was still mired in confusion.

9. complex vs complicated

​ Complex is not simple for the structure of the things

​ Complicated is not easy for the function of the things.