A spirit of openness is gaining acceptance in the science community, and is the only way,say advocates,to address a ‘crisis' in science whereby too few findings are successfully reproduced.
2017年12月六级真题（第二套）阅读 Section B
柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义
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复制;模拟;再现
If you try to reproduce something, you try to copy it.