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Scots scientist Mary Somerville is being celebrated with a Google Doodle on its UK homepage. The firm said it wanted to honour "one of the greatest intellectual writers of the 19th Century”.

The illustration of the Jedburgh-born mathematician and astronomer will appear on the page for 24 hours.

Google said her books were some of the most popular scientific publications of her time "opening the door for generations of female scientists".

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honour /ˈɒnə,ˈɑːnɚ/ vt. 致敬，给予……表彰  n. 荣誉

· It is my honour to present this award.

此次颁奖是我的荣幸。

intellectual /ˌɪntə'lektʃʊəl/ adj. 智力的 n. 知识分子

(an intellectual person is well-educated and interested in serious ideas and subject such as science, literature etc)

illustration /ɪlə'streɪʃ(ə)n/ n. 插图

open the door: 让……有机会发生，为……创造可能性

(make an opportunity for sth. to happen)

· Research on coronavirus should open the door to new medical treatments.

对冠状病毒的研究会促使新的医学治疗手段的产生。

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