phrenology

[美]/frɪ'nɒlədʒɪ/
[英]/frə'nɑlədʒi/
词频: 极高

释义

n. 颅相学,研究头颅形状对个性和智力的影响。
词形变化

例句

Craniology, phrenology and eugenics, once-respectable fields of endeavour that are now regarded with a shudder, may shriek from time to time, but few sane people pay attention to them.

这些学科虽然偶尔也会叫嚣一下,但神志清醒的人大多不以为然。

Phrenology was once a popular pseudoscience.

相面学曾经是一门流行的伪科学。

Many people believed that phrenology could reveal a person's character.

许多人相信相面学可以揭示一个人的性格。

Phrenology was used to justify discriminatory practices in the past.

相面学被用来为过去的歧视实践辩护。

Modern science has discredited phrenology as a valid method of understanding the mind.

现代科学已经驳斥相面学作为一种理解思维的有效方法。

Phrenology involved examining the shape and size of a person's skull.

相面学涉及检查一个人的头骨的形状和大小。

Phrenology claimed to link bumps on the skull to specific personality traits.

相面学声称将头骨上的凸起与特定的个性特质联系起来。

Phrenology fell out of favor as more rigorous scientific methods emerged.

随着更严谨的科学方法的出现,相面学逐渐不受青睐。

Phrenology was based on the idea that different brain areas corresponded to different mental faculties.

相面学基于这样一个观念:不同的脑区对应不同的心智能力。

Phrenology was criticized for its lack of empirical evidence and reliance on subjective interpretations.

相面学因缺乏实证证据和依赖主观解释而受到批评。

Despite its flaws, phrenology had a lasting impact on the history of psychology.

尽管有缺陷,相面学对心理学史产生了持久的影响。

原声例句

Their books on phrenology sold hundreds of thousands of copies.

他们关于颅相学的书售卖了几十万册。

来源: Reel Knowledge Scroll

In those days, many intelligent people were won over by the pseudoscience of phrenology.

当年,很多聪明人都被颅相学这一伪科学说服了。

来源: Reel Knowledge Scroll

Phrenology was used to justify slavery, colonialism, and the poor treatment of criminals and people with mental health problems.

颅相学被用来为奴隶制、殖民主义以及恶劣对待罪犯和有精神健康问题的人等行为作出辩解。

来源: Reel Knowledge Scroll

And from the middle of the nineteenth century, phrenology began to fall out of favor and eventually into total disrepute.

从十九世纪中叶开始,颅相学开始跌下神坛,并最终声名狼藉。

来源: Reel Knowledge Scroll

Well, it's true there used to be phrenology.

好吧,的确曾经有颅相学。

来源: New York Magazine (Video Edition)

Eventually, phrenology was dismissed as a cult pseudoscience because it turns out your cranial contours tell us exactly nothing about what's happening inside the brain.

最终,颅相学被驳回作为 崇拜伪科学,因为事实证明你的颅骨轮廓介绍一下究竟什么 发生的事情在大脑中。

来源: Psychology Crash Course

But while Gall and Spurzheim bathed in the adulation and eventually fell out, by the way, serious scientists started to undermine the claims of phrenology.

但是当加尔和斯珀兹海姆沉浸在崇拜中时,顺便说一句,两人最终闹翻,严肃的科学家们开始反驳颅相学的说法。

来源: Reel Knowledge Scroll

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