math·e·mat·ics
noun/ˌmæθəˈmætɪks/
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(formal) (British English also maths
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)(North American English also math
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)- [uncountable] the study of numbers and shapes. Branches of mathematics include arithmetic, algebra, geometry and trigonometry.
对数字和形状的研究。数学的分支包括算术、代数、几何和三角学。 - the school mathematics curriculum
学校数学课程 - applied/pure mathematics
应用／纯粹数学
Extra ExamplesTopics Educationa2, Maths and measurementa2- Both science and mathematics show us that the universe has not been around for an infinite duration of time.
科学和数学都向我们表明，宇宙的存在时间并不是无限的。 - Galileo was appointed professor of mathematics at the University of Padua.
伽利略被任命为帕多瓦大学数学教授。 - There is a whole field of applied mathematics which is eminently practical.
应用数学有一个非常实用的领域。 - Astronomy in this mould becomes a branch of pure mathematics.
天文学在这种模式下成为纯数学的一个分支。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- applied
- pure
- school
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- a branch of mathematics
- the school mathematics curriculum
- [uncountable + singular or plural verb] the process of calculating using numbers
运算；计算 - He worked out the very difficult mathematics in great detail.
他十分详细地解答了那些很难的运算。 - Her proof is a remarkable piece of mathematics.
她的证明是一件数学杰作。
- He worked out the very difficult mathematics in great detail.
Word Originlate 16th cent.: plural of obsolete mathematic ‘mathematics’, from Old French mathematique, from Latin (ars) mathematica ‘mathematical (art)’, from Greek mathēmatikē (tekhnē), from the base of manthanein ‘learn’.