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CHAPTER VI. A TELEPHONIC CONVERSATION.
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Not only had Barbicane announced that he would attain1 his object—and now the capital at his command enabled him to reach it without hindrance—but he would certainly not have appealed for funds if he was not certain of success.
The North Pole was at last to be conquered by the audacious genius of man!
Barbicane and his co-directors had the means of succeeding where so many others had failed. They would do what had not been done by Franklin, Kane, Nares, or Greely. They would advance beyond the eighty-fourth parallel. They would take possession of the vast portion 48of the globe that had fallen to them under the hammer. They would add to the American flag the forty-third star for the forty-third state annexed2 to the American Confederation.
“Rubbish!” said the European delegates.
And the means of conquering the Pole—means that were practical, logical, indisputable, and of a simplicity3 quite infantine—were the suggestion of J. T. Maston. It was in his brain, where ideas were cooked in cerebral4 matter in a state of constant ebullition, that there had been conceived this great geographical5 work, and the means devised of bringing it to a successful issue.
The secretary of the Gun Club was a remarkable6 calculator. The solution of the most complicated problems of mathematical science was but sport to him. He laughed at difficulties, whether in the science of magnitudes, that is algebra7, or in the science of numbers, that is arithmetic; and it was a treat to see him handle the symbols, the conventional signs which form the algebraic notation8, whether letters of the alphabet, representing quantities or magnitudes, or lines coupled or crossed, which indicate the relation between the quantities and the operations to which they are submitted.
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attain
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vt.达到,获得,完成 | |
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annexed
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[法] 附加的,附属的 | |
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simplicity
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n.简单,简易;朴素;直率,单纯 | |
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cerebral
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adj.脑的,大脑的;有智力的,理智型的 | |
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geographical
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adj.地理的;地区(性)的 | |
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remarkable
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adj.显著的,异常的,非凡的,值得注意的 | |
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algebra
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n.代数学 | |
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notation
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n.记号法,表示法,注释;[计算机]记法 | |
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exponents
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n.倡导者( exponent的名词复数 );说明者;指数;能手 | |
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radicals
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n.激进分子( radical的名词复数 );根基;基本原理;[数学]根数 | |
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wriggled
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v.扭动,蠕动,蜿蜒行进( wriggle的过去式和过去分词 );(使身体某一部位)扭动;耍滑不做,逃避(应做的事等) | |
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v.作乐( revel的过去式和过去分词 );狂欢;着迷;陶醉 | |
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temperament
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miserable
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corpse
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n.锯齿形的线条、小径等( zigzag的名词复数 )v.弯弯曲曲地走路,曲折地前进( zigzag的第三人称单数 ) | |
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maniacal
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calculus
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n.微积分;结石 | |
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integration
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n.一体化,联合,结合 | |
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n.无限,无穷,大量 | |
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infinitely
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mathematician
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n.数学家 | |
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mathematicians
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数学家( mathematician的名词复数 ) | |
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variant
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adj.不同的,变异的;n.变体,异体 | |
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unintelligible
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adj.无法了解的,难解的,莫明其妙的 | |
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confided
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n.爱尔兰式曲棍球v.猛投,用力掷( hurl的现在分词 );大声叫骂 | |
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projectile
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intoxicated
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喝醉的,极其兴奋的 | |
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admiration
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n.钦佩,赞美,羡慕 | |
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perilously
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adv.充满危险地,危机四伏地 | |
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sublime
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adj.崇高的,伟大的;极度的,不顾后果的 | |
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entail
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v.憎恶( abhor的过去式和过去分词 );(厌恶地)回避;拒绝;淘汰 | |
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artillery
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n.(军)火炮,大炮;炮兵(部队) | |
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worthy
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solitude
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sage
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n.圣人,哲人;adj.贤明的,明智的 | |
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jumbled
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mansion
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growl
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soften
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investigation
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n.调查,调查研究 | |
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inquiry
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dealing
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n.经商方法,待人态度 | |
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analytical
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adj.分析的;用分析法的 | |
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spherical
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seclusion
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touching
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density
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rotation
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axis
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minor
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flattening
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circumference
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velocity
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radius
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perpendicular
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rectification
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n. 改正, 改订, 矫正 | |
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gathering
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n.集会,聚会,聚集 | |
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tinkling
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n.丁当作响声 | |
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prudently
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brutality
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n.野蛮的行为,残忍,野蛮 | |
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spun
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v.纺,杜撰,急转身 | |
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hurled
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v.猛投,用力掷( hurl的过去式和过去分词 );大声叫骂 | |
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stunned
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adj. 震惊的,惊讶的 动词stun的过去式和过去分词 | |
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tinkle
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gallantly
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judiciously
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definitive
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