scientific

Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

sci·en·tif·ic BrE [ˌsaɪənˈtɪfɪk] NAmE [ˌsaɪənˈtɪfɪk] adjective usually before noun
1. involving science; connected with science
•a scientific discovery
•scientific knowledge
•sites of scientific interest
2. (of a way of doing sth or thinking)careful and logical
• He took a very scientific approach to management.
• We need to be more scientific about this problem.
Opp: ↑unscientific
compare ↑non-scientific
Derived Word: ↑scientifically

Word Origin:
[scientific scientifically] late 16th cent.: from French scientifique or late Latin scientificus ‘producing knowledge’, from scientia, from scire ‘know’. Early use described the liberal arts as opposed to the “mechanic” arts (i.e. arts requiring manual skill).

Collocations:
Scientific research
Theory
formulate/advance a theory/hypothesis
build/construct/create/develop a simple/theoretical/mathematical model
develop/establish/provide/use a theoretical/conceptual framework
advance/argue/develop the thesis that…
explore an idea/a concept/a hypothesis
make a prediction/an inference
base a prediction/your calculations on sth
investigate/evaluate/accept/challenge/reject a theory/hypothesis/model
Experiment
design an experiment/a questionnaire/a study/a test
do research/an experiment/an analysis
make observations/measurements/calculations
carry out/conduct/perform an experiment/a test/a longitudinal study/observations/clinical trials
run an experiment/a simulation/clinical trials
repeat an experiment/a test/an analysis
replicate a study/the results/the findings
observe/study/examine/investigate/assess a pattern/a process/a behaviour/(especially US) a behavior
fund/support the research/project/study
seek/provide/get/secure funding for research
Results
collect/gather/extract data/information
yield data/evidence/similar findings/the same results
analyse/examine the data/soil samples/a specimen
consider/compare/interpret the results/findings
fit the data/model
confirm/support/verify a prediction/a hypothesis/the results/the findings
prove a conjecture/hypothesis/theorem
draw/make/reach the same conclusions
read/review the records/literature
describe/report an experiment/a study
present/publish/summarize the results/findings
present/publish/read/review/cite a paper in a scientific journal

Example Bank:
•Her curiosity was purely scientific.
•His approach was not very scientific.
•It all looks highly scientific!