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l atheistic adj. 無神論的；無神論者的
The man said that he was an atheist.
這個人說自己是個無神論者。
l altruism n. 利他；利他主義
Fortunately, volunteers are not motivated by selfinterest, but by altruism.
幸運的是，志願者們不是被自身利益而是被利他主義推動。
l hypothesis n. 假設
Work will now begin to test the hypothesis in rats.
在老鼠身上驗證這一假設的工作現在要開始了。
l kin n. 親戚；家族；同族 adj. 同類的；有親屬關係的；性質類似的I'm her next of kin.
我是她的最近親。
l tit for tat 以牙還牙，針鋒相對
The two countries have each expelled another diplomat following a round of tit-for-tat expulsions.
在一輪針鋒相對的驅逐事件之後，兩國各又驅逐了一名外交官。
l postponed v. 延期；緩辦（postpone的過去分詞）The match was postponed to the next day because of bad weather.
比賽因天氣不好而延期到第二天進行。
l come up with 提出；想出；趕上Later, in the 1970’s, another evolutionarybiologist came up with the idea that we behavealtruistically because it maximizes the chancesof others behaving the same way towards us.
We weren't able to come up with any new suggestions.
我們提不出任何新建議。You would take things as they came. All you had to do was think a little harder and come upwith a new solution.
既來之, 則安之， 你必須多動腦子， 想出個新的解決方法來。
l rely upon 依靠，依賴，取決於For despite the fact the most of the world’s religious traditions stress theimportance of putting others first, morality does not rely upon God.
I rely upon you to finish the work on time.
我相信你會準時完成這項工作的。
You may rely upon my early arrival.
你放心好了，我會早到的。
l for the sake of 為了；為了…的利益Indeed, doing good simply for the sake of some postponed heavenly benefit wouldbe to underminealtruism not to support it.
They roped her on to us for the sake of safety.
為了安全，他們用繩子把她和我們相互系在一起。She called on us merely for the sake of courtesy.
她來訪只是為了禮貌。
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