Definition
[defɪ'nɪʃ(ə)n] or [,dɛfɪ'nɪʃən]
解释:
(noun.) clarity of outline; 'exercise had given his muscles superior definition'.
(noun.) a concise explanation of the meaning of a word or phrase or symbol.
手打:丽塔--From WordNet
解释:
(n.) The act of defining; determination of the limits; as, a telescope accurate in definition.
(n.) Act of ascertaining and explaining the signification; a description of a thing by its properties; an explanation of the meaning of a word or term; as, the definition of "circle;" the definition of "wit;" an exact definition; a loose definition.
(n.) Description; sort.
(n.) An exact enunciation of the constituents which make up the logical essence.
(n.) Distinctness or clearness, as of an image formed by an optical instrument; precision in detail.
埃德娜校对
同义词及近义词：
n. [1]. Explanation (of the meaning).[2]. Description (by a statement of characteristic properties).
格伦达整理
同义词及反义词：
SYN:Determination, limitation, specification, restriction
ANT:Confusion, vagueness, acceptation, description, explanation, misconception,misstatement
编辑:奥马尔
例句:
- Amy's definition of Jo's idea of independence was such a good hit that both burst out laughing, and the discussion took a more amiable turn. 路易莎·梅·奥尔科特. 小妇人.
- If he cannot; he here runs in a circle, and gives a synonimous term instead of a definition. 戴维·休谟. 人性论.
- But in this we are anticipating the definition of justice, and had therefore better defer the enquiry. 柏拉图. 理想国.
- But however easily we may form these ideas, it is impossible to produce any definition of them, which will fix the precise boundaries betwixt them. 戴维·休谟. 人性论.
- The true definition of the bicycle is a two-wheeled vehicle, with one wheel in front and the other in the rear, and both in the same vertical plane. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世纪发明进展.
- The classic definition of geography as an account of the earth as the home of man expresses the educational reality. 约翰·杜威. 民主与教育.
- It must therefore touch it intimately, and in its whole essence, SECUNDUM SE, TOTA, ET TOTALITER; which is the very definition of penetration. 戴维·休谟. 人性论.
- I shall be interested to have your definition. 伊迪丝·华顿. 快乐之家.
- No definition can be just--too precise a one can only deceive us into thinking that our definition is true. 沃尔特·李普曼. 政治序论.
- Then now for a definition, he said. 柏拉图. 理想国.
- For the definition which we believe to hold good in states has still to be tested by the individual. 柏拉图. 理想国.
- But we all know the wag's definition of a philanthropist: a man whose charity increases directly as the square of the distance. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
- Some boy's definition of a horse. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 艰难时事.
- The opposition, however, is only seeming, and disappears when the ordinary definition is completed. 约翰·杜威. 民主与教育.
- Give me your definition of a horse. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 艰难时事.
- Mrs. Yeobright was far too thoughtful a woman to be content with ready definitions, and, like the What is wisdom? 托马斯·哈代. 还乡.
- But these distinctions and definitions are faulty in very considerable articles. 戴维·休谟. 人性论.
- Technical concepts, with their definitions, are introduced at the outset. 约翰·杜威. 民主与教育.
- Nor shall I here discuss the various definitions which have been given of the term species. 查尔斯·达尔文. 物种起源.
- There will be nothing in the conceptual definitions even to suggest spatial form, size, or direction. 约翰·杜威. 民主与教育.
- He fixed the status of women, the status of labourers, the status of the peasant; they all struggle to this day in the net of his hard definitions. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
- My present business then must be to defend the definitions, and refute the demonstrations. 戴维·休谟. 人性论.
- Knowing the definitions, rules, formulae, etc. 约翰·杜威. 民主与教育.
- Such an opinion will not appear strange after the foregoing definitions. 戴维·休谟. 人性论.
- It includes making distinctions, definitions, divisions, and classifications for the mere sake of making them--with no objective in experience. 约翰·杜威. 民主与教育.
- I define necessity two ways, conformable to the two definitions of cause, of which it makes an essential part. 戴维·休谟. 人性论.
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