| 单词 | reflective power |
| 例句 | “A more ritualistic and reflective power to the music. They can be narrative, but that narrative has to come from the shock of sound.” A Legend of the International Culture Scene Arrives in New York 2016-10-13T04:00:00Z “The two root causes of climate change,” she repeatedly insists, are “the loss of albedo” — i.e., the reflective power of polar ice — and desertification “caused by ineffectual rainfall.” A Memoir That Sees Only the Tip of the Melting Iceberg 2021-01-12T05:00:00Z The amount of ice in summertime — when its reflective powers are most vital — is about 3 million square miles smaller than it was in 1980. Voyagers to the ‘epicenter of global warming’ struggle with bears, storms and thin ice 2020-01-08T05:00:00Z There is the plan to use 16tn miniature robots to deflect the sun’s heat away from Earth; or the project to pump aerosols into clouds in order to “brighten” them and bolster their reflective power. Could sprinkling sand save the Arctic's shrinking sea ice? 2018-04-23T04:00:00Z The use of one’s individual reflective powers is reason; the collective use of these reflective powers is public reason; the use of public reason to make law and policy is democracy. Neoliberalism: the idea that changed the world 2017-08-18T04:00:00Z The reflective power of clouds may be less effective at counteracting global warming than previously thought, according to new research. Clouds Aren't Stopping Global Warming 2016-04-08T04:00:00Z Harvey Whitehouse, an anthropologist who studies painful rituals, calls it the reflective power of dysphoric experience. Pain Really Does Make Us Gain 2014-12-24T05:00:00Z His great enemy is not the mystery of outer nature, but the imperfection of his reflective powers. International Congress of Arts and Science, Volume I Philosophy and Metaphysics 2011-12-12T03:00:31.160Z Nor was it so much the actual knowledge he imparted which produced this effect, as the wonderful manner in which he called forth the reflective powers of even the least gifted of his pupils. Heroes of Science Chemists 2011-12-09T03:00:21.047Z Sheer imitation, dictation of steps to be taken, mechanical drill, may give results most quickly and yet strengthen traits likely to be fatal to reflective power. How We Think 2011-09-16T02:00:18.973Z We are really crediting the vicious with a degree of intelligence and reflective power quite unwarranted by the facts of the case. Determinism or Free-Will? 2011-09-10T02:00:27.557Z It was as if her intellect had received some fearful stroke which had robbed her of her reflective powers. Midnight Webs 2011-07-29T02:00:30.077Z They clearly consist of different material from that of which the most of the moon's surface is composed—a material possessing a higher reflective power. Astronomy with an Opera-glass A Popular Introduction to the Study of the Starry Heavens with the Simplest of Optical Instruments 2011-07-17T02:00:30.177Z She has gained in reflective power, but lost her dramatic instinct. Women Novelists of Queen Victoria's Reign A Book of Appreciations 2011-07-08T02:00:23.177Z Only by making the most of the thought-factor, already active in the experiences of childhood, is there any promise or warrant for the emergence of superior reflective power at adolescence, or at any later period. How We Think 2011-09-16T02:00:18.973Z So far as he has the means of doing so, and so far as his reflective powers are unfolded, he cannot refrain from such a retrospect. The Plurality of Worlds 2011-06-01T02:00:23.787Z This high reflective power is partly to be accounted for by the great extent of the terrestrial polar caps, but chiefly by the clouds and dust layer always present in its atmosphere. Are the Planets Inhabited? 2011-04-24T02:00:07.733Z The material of which this mountain is formed would seem to possess a higher reflective power than that of any other portion of the moon's surface. Astronomy with an Opera-glass A Popular Introduction to the Study of the Starry Heavens with the Simplest of Optical Instruments 2011-07-17T02:00:30.177Z It seems to my reflective powers that I was lying on the sofa in the parlour of the small Tower of the Temple, and was awakened by Madame Simon saying, 'Votre p�re est arriv�.' Claimants to Royalty 2011-03-31T02:00:20.557Z That reflector Jared took down himself from over the keyboard of the organ, and old Purkis bore it into the damp vestry, where in course of time its reflective power became almost nil. A Little World I have introduced many practical remarks intended to rouse the reflective powers of the immortal mind and increase a patriotic love for our expanding Republic and glorious institutions. Sages and Heroes of the American Revolution Full.—Possess fair reflective powers, and reason well from the data furnished by the other faculties; and with activity great, have a fair flow of ideas and good general thoughts. The Illustrated Self-Instructor in Phrenology and Physiology The molten silver on which we idly floated had just ripple sufficient to double its reflective power, lit by an occasional flash of phosphorescence when the oars were dipped. The Pearl of India All its shadows are fuller in color than its lights, owing to the translucency and reflective power of its leaves. Modern Painters, Volume IV (of V) There can be no doubt, I think, that it helps to cultivate the reflective powers; that it requires, and by requiring gives, the ability to confine the attention to continued mental processes. In the School-Room Chapters in the Philosophy of Education All its shadows are fuller in colour than its lights, owing to the translucency and reflective power of the leaves. Frondes Agrestes Readings in 'Modern Painters' The embassadors were very much surprised at such evidences of maturity of mind, and of far-seeing and reflective powers on the part of the young prince. Alexander the Great Makers of History These are the forms of consciousness which supply the material from which the reflective powers draw inferences and construct systems. History of Free Thought in Reference to The Christian Religion First: Water, of course, owing to its transparency, possesses not a perfectly reflective surface, like that of speculum metal, but a surface whose reflective power is dependent on the angle � 6. Modern Painters Volume I (of V) In all our plans of education, we should closely follow nature, who seems to have reserved the judgment and the reflective powers for the latest, as they certainly are the most perfect, of her endowments. In the School-Room Chapters in the Philosophy of Education Thus, the reflective power of Venus must be singularly strong. A Popular History of Astronomy During the Nineteenth Century Fourth Edition It always appeared to aid her reflective powers if she could rest her troubled head against something material. Reels and Spindles A Story of Mill Life In Viola and Perdita, love, being less complex, appears more refined; more a sentiment than a passion—a compound of impulse and fancy, while the reflective powers and moral energies are more faintly developed. Characteristics of Women Moral, Poetical, and Historical Hence the visible transparency and reflective power of water are in inverse ratio. Modern Painters Volume I (of V) He was simply an impatient man of generous instincts and no reflective power, who had in his youth caught the revolutionary fever, and, as he grew up, developed the patriotic fever. The English Utilitarians, Volume II (of 3) James Mill And if we are to understand religion aright we must be on our guard against attributing to primitive mankind a degree of scientific curiosity and reflective power to which it can lay no claim. Theism or Atheism The Great Alternative As to Coningsby, I deny that it any where calls upon the reader for much exercise of his reflective powers. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 57, No. 357, June, 1845 When metals are to be burned, it is necessary to blacken or otherwise tarnish them, so as to diminish their reflective power. Fragments of science, V. 1-2 Owing partly to roughness of the surface and partly to more brilliant reflective power, the mountainous regions of the moon appear bright in comparison with the dull-colored plains. Other Worlds Their Nature, Possibilities and Habitability in the Light of the Latest Discoveries And these reflective powers and such stores of knowledge are often antagonistic to creative art, and undoubtedly were so not seldom with her. Studies in Early Victorian Literature It seems probable that mental states have their own reflective powers, which sometimes enable one to suddenly see himself in the conception of another, to the complete modification of all his own ideas and opinions. Jerome, A Poor Man A Novel The difference between the reflective power of this matter, whatever may be its nature, and the broad bright declivities of the inner slopes, are beautifully displayed at sunset. The Moon A Full Description and Map of its Principal Physical Features For full success it is necessary that the reflective power of a single disk be neither too great nor too small. Scientific American Supplement, No. 711, August 17, 1889 But the discovery 13that the dispersive powers of different glasses are not proportional to their reflective powers, supplied opticians with the means of remedying the defect. Half-hours with the Telescope Being a Popular Guide to the Use of the Telescope as a Means of Amusement and Instruction. It means leisure, pleasure, excitements; it means feeding of the taste, the curiosity, the emotions, the reflective powers; and it means love, love of the mate, the child, the friend, and neighbor. The Business of Being a Woman In the perfection of the reflective powers, which he used habitually, he had no peer. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 4 The best of them have the reflective power which gives back light from the mind of the reader. Emerson and Other Essays From earliest childhood the great principles of Christianity were instilled into the opening minds of the children; and when the reflective powers had come into operation, their reasonings were watched and guided into safe paths. A Brief Memoir with Portions of the Diary, Letters, and Other Remains, of Eliza Southall, Late of Birmingham, England Oh, think how much more brilliant this dialogue would have been, if we had been accustomed to exercise our reflective powers! The Complete Plays of Gilbert and Sullivan When the defect appears in the reflective powers, it is often regarded as insanity, though not more correctly than if it were confined to the emotions and feelings. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 10, No. 59, September, 1862 Perhaps his reasoning and reflective powers were developed unusually early, so that he sowed his mental wild oats in his boyhood. Honore de Balzac, His Life and Writings The reason seems to be timidity, and the timidity springs from the excessive development of the reflective power which has almost destroyed in me all spontaneity, impulse, and instinct, and therefore all boldness and confidence. Amiel's Journal It scope afforded to reflective powers— And thus he profited by these spare hours. The Emigrant Mechanic and Other Tales in Verse Together with Numerous Songs Upon Canadian Subjects College girls show possibly more maturity of reflective power than do their brothers, but they are notably weaker in the sense of humor. Cap and Gown A Treasury of College Verse That has generally been observed in men of great administrative capacity, I believe,–a tendency to predominance of the reflective powers in me! The Mill on the Floss They differ greatly in the reflective power of their surfaces, a fact of much significance in connection with the question of their origin. Curiosities of the Sky I think you have unusual reflective power; and I am sure that in time you will find time and occasion for its exercise, and will accomplish some honorable tasks. Our Friend John Burroughs |
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