categorical
英 [k?t?'g?r?k(?)l]
美 [,k?t?'ɡ?r?kl]
- adj. 絕對(duì)的（名詞categoricalness，副詞categorically，異體字categoric）；直接了當(dāng)?shù)?；無(wú)條件的；屬于某一范疇的
助記提示
1. cat- + egor- "declaim (in the assembly)" + -ic + -al.
2. 其本意為：speak against, accuse, assert, predicate.
3. Original sense of "accuse" weakened to "assert, name" by the time Aristotle applied kategoria to his 10 classes of things that can be named.
4. 由此進(jìn)而引申為如今的：種類、范疇、類別。
5. 該詞的最初含義在categorical\categorically中還看得到、還保留著。
6. categorical: unqualified, asserting absolutely, affirmative.
中文詞源
categorical 明確的來(lái)自category, 分類，指分門(mén)別類的，明確的。
英文詞源
- categorical (adj.)
- 1590s, as a term in logic, "unqualified, asserting absolutely," from Late Latin categoricus, from Greek kategorikos "accusatory, affirmative, categorical," from kategoria (see category). General sense of "explicit, unconditional" is from 1610s. Categorical imperative, from the philosophy of Kant, first recorded 1827. Related: Categorically.
雙語(yǔ)例句
- 1. to make a categorical statement
- 發(fā)表明確聲明
來(lái)自《權(quán)威詞典》
- 2. He is quite categorical that the UN should only help the innocent civilian population.
- 他非常堅(jiān)定地認(rèn)為，聯(lián)合國(guó)應(yīng)該只援助無(wú)辜的平民。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句
- 3. A categorical arrangement of specimens is needed to show the visitors.
- 標(biāo)本的分類排列需要展示給訪問(wèn)者看。
來(lái)自辭典例句
- 4. Kiosks generally fall into two categorical types: transactional and explorational.
- 信息亭一般分成兩類,即交易型和探索型.
來(lái)自About Face 3交互設(shè)計(jì)精髓
- 5. He has gone wiggle - waggle and cannot be persuaded to categorical.
- 他猶豫不決,無(wú)法勸他持明確的態(tài)度.
來(lái)自辭典例句