Definite
['defɪnɪt] or ['dɛfɪnət]
解释:
(adj.) known for certain; 'it is definite that they have won' .
(adj.) precise; explicit and clearly defined; 'I want a definite answer'; 'a definite statement of the terms of the will'; 'a definite amount'; 'definite restrictions on the sale of alcohol'; 'the wedding date is now definite'; 'a definite drop in attendance' .
吉塞尔编辑--From WordNet
解释:
(a.) Having certain or distinct; determinate in extent or greatness; limited; fixed; as, definite dimensions; a definite measure; a definite period or interval.
(a.) Having certain limits in signification; determinate; certain; precise; fixed; exact; clear; as, a definite word, term, or expression.
(a.) Determined; resolved.
(a.) Serving to define or restrict; limiting; determining; as, the definite article.
(n.) A thing defined or determined.
校对:玛吉
同义词及近义词：
a. [1]. Determinate, defined, precisely bounded.[2]. Precise, exact, determined, certain.[3]. (Gram.) Limiting, defining.
整理:希欧多尔
同义词及反义词：
SYN:Clear, specified, determined, definitive, restricted, specific, certain,ascertained, precise, exact, fixed, limited, bounded, positive
ANT:Vague, unspecified, undetermined, indefinite, obscure, confused, intermingled
编辑:娜塔莎
例句:
- This means that definite coordinations of activities of the eyes in seeing and of the body and head in striking are perfected in a few trials. 约翰·杜威. 民主与教育.
- This signifies the capacity to acquire habits, or develop definite dispositions. 约翰·杜威. 民主与教育.
- If a delicately made magnet is suspended as in Figure 223, and is allowed to swing freely, it will always assume a definite north and south position. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科学通论.
- Iron filings scattered over a magnet arrange themselves in definite lines. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科学通论.
- The Commission does not say, and I for one, ascribe the silence to the American preoccupation with immediate, definite, tangible interests. 沃尔特·李普曼. 政治序论.
- There must be a definite best, which is the right thing, in these matters. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
- He moved about a great deal, his life seemed uncertain, without any definite rhythm, any organic meaning. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
- The ideas and methods of Murdoch and Lebon soon took definite shape, and coal smoke was piped from its place of origin to distant points of consumption. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
- She would not fix any definite time--she still wavered. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
- In later years these ideas developed into a definite political theory and policy. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
- I shall glance into the case for you, said Holmes, rising, and I have no doubt that we shall reach some definite result. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯历险记.
- The socialism of the Fabians soon became a definite legislative program which the various political parties were to be bulldozed, cajoled and tricked into enacting. 沃尔特·李普曼. 政治序论.
- When the cell consists of copper, zinc, and dilute sulphuric acid, the electromotive force has a definite value which is always the same no matter what the size or shape of the cell. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科学通论.
- Louis Pasteur’s work, however, marks the first definite and important results in the study of bacteriology, and he is the father of the germ theory of disease. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世纪发明进展.
- The cumulative power of feeble forces acting frequently at definite intervals is seen in many ways in everyday life. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科学通论.
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