Condition

[kən'dɪʃ(ə)n] or [kən'dɪʃən]

解释:

(noun.) the procedure that is varied in order to estimate a variable's effect by comparison with a control condition.

(noun.) an assumption on which rests the validity or effect of something else.

(noun.) (usually plural) a statement of what is required as part of an agreement; 'the contract set out the conditions of the lease'; 'the terms of the treaty were generous'.

(noun.) a mode of being or form of existence of a person or thing; 'the human condition'.

(noun.) a state at a particular time; 'a condition (or state) of disrepair'; 'the current status of the arms negotiations'.

(noun.) an illness, disease, or other medical problem; 'a heart condition'; 'a skin condition'.

(noun.) the state of (good) health (especially in the phrases `in condition' or `in shape' or `out of condition' or `out of shape').

(verb.) apply conditioner to in order to make smooth and shiny; 'I condition my hair after washing it'.

(verb.) put into a better state; 'he conditions old cars'.

(verb.) establish a conditioned response.

校对:卢埃林--From WordNet

解释:

(n.) Mode or state of being; state or situation with regard to external circumstances or influences, or to physical or mental integrity, health, strength, etc.; predicament; rank; position, estate.

(n.) Essential quality; property; attribute.

(n.) Temperament; disposition; character.

(n.) That which must exist as the occasion or concomitant of something else; that which is requisite in order that something else should take effect; an essential qualification; stipulation; terms specified.

(n.) A clause in a contract, or agreement, which has for its object to suspend, to defeat, or in some way to modify, the principal obligation; or, in case of a will, to suspend, revoke, or modify a devise or bequest. It is also the case of a future uncertain event, which may or may not happen, and on the occurrence or non-occurrence of which, the accomplishment, recission, or modification of an obligation or testamentary disposition is made to depend.

(v. i.) To make terms; to stipulate.

(v. i.) To impose upon an object those relations or conditions without which knowledge and thought are alleged to be impossible.

(n.) To invest with, or limit by, conditions; to burden or qualify by a condition; to impose or be imposed as the condition of.

(n.) To contract; to stipulate; to agree.

(n.) To put under conditions; to require to pass a new examination or to make up a specified study, as a condition of remaining in one's class or in college; as, to condition a student who has failed in some branch of study.

(n.) To test or assay, as silk (to ascertain the proportion of moisture it contains).

(n.) train; acclimate.

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同义词及近义词：

n. [1]. Situation, state, case, category, plight, predicament, circumstances.[2]. Consideration, provision, proviso, stipulation, arrangement, article of agreement, rule of proceeding.

编辑:苏珊娜

同义词及反义词：

SYN:State, case, mood, term, mode, qualification, requisite, stipulation,predicament, proviso, situation, circumstances, plight

ANT:Relation, dependence, situation, circumstance, concession, fulfillment,adaptation

编辑:卢克

解释:

n. state in which things exist: a particular manner of being: quality: rank as 'a person of condition:' pre-requisite: temper: a term of a contract: proposal: arrangement: (logic) that which must precede the operation of a cause: (law) a provision that upon the occurrence of an uncertain event an obligation shall come into force or shall cease or that the obligation shall not come into force until a certain event.—v.i. to make terms.—v.t. to agree upon: to restrict limit: to determine.—adj. Condi′tional depending on conditions.—n. Conditional′ity.—adv. Condi′tionally.—v.t. Condi′tionate to condition: to qualify.—adj. Condi′tioned having a certain condition state or quality: circumstanced: depending: relative—the opposite of absolute.—Conditioning House an establishment in which the true weight length and condition of articles of trade and commerce are determined scientifically—the first in England established at Bradford in 1891.

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