Conformity
[kən'fɔːmɪtɪ] or [kən'fɔrməti]
解釋/意思:
(noun.) acting according to certain accepted standards; 'their financial statements are in conformity with generally accepted accounting practices'.
(noun.) correspondence in form or appearance.
(noun.) orthodoxy in thoughts and belief.
艾琳校對--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(n.) Correspondence in form, manner, or character; resemblance; agreement; congruity; -- followed by to, with, or between.
(n.) Compliance with the usages of the Established Church.
手打:穆里尔
同義詞及近義詞：
n. [1]. Accordance, agreement, congruity.[2]. Correspondence, likeness, similitude, resemblance.
安德烈整理
同義詞及反義詞：
[See CONFORMATION]
校對:威尔默
例句/造句/用法:
- In fact it would have been in conformity with Johnston's orders to Pemberton. 尤利西斯·格蘭特. U．S．格蘭特的個人回憶錄.
- But, do you know, they interest me more than the blind conformity to tradition--somebody else's tradition--that I see among our own friends. 伊蒂絲·華頓. 純真年代.
- This is the reasoning I form in conformity to my hypothesis; and am pleased to find upon trial that every thing answers exactly to my expectation. 大衛·休謨. 人性論.
- Dispatches were sent to him the same day in conformity. 尤利西斯·格蘭特. U．S．格蘭特的個人回憶錄.
- The resemblance of their appearance deceives the mind, as is usual, and makes us imagine a thorough resemblance and conformity. 大衛·休謨. 人性論.
- Conformity, not transformation, is the essence of education. 約翰·杜威. 民主與教育.
- It is necessary to feel the sentiment and passion of pride in conformity to it, and to regulate our actions accordingly. 大衛·休謨. 人性論.
- Conformity of rank. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪麗.
- Miss Crawford's letter, which she had read so often as to make every line her own, was in frightful conformity with it. 簡·奧斯丁. 曼斯費爾德莊園.
- Her pleasant manners and cheerful conformity made her always valuable amongst them; but _now_ she was absolutely necessary. 簡·奧斯丁. 曼斯費爾德莊園.
- I disposed the troops belonging to the district in conformity with the situation as rapidly as possible. 尤利西斯·格蘭特. U．S．格蘭特的個人回憶錄.
- Conformity is made equivalent to uniformity. 約翰·杜威. 民主與教育.
- This amounts to saying that the goal of action is in its final analysis ?sthetic and not moral--a quality of feeling instead of conformity to rule. 沃爾特·李普曼. 政治序論.
- Objective likeness of acts and the mental satisfaction found in being in conformity with others are baptized by the name imitation. 約翰·杜威. 民主與教育.
- I may then depend upon this child being received as a pupil at Lowood, and there being trained in conformity to her position and prospects? 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 簡·愛.
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