Nominal
['nɒmɪn(ə)l] or ['nɑmɪnl]
解釋/意思:
(adj.) existing in name only; 'the nominal (or titular) head of his party' .
(adj.) insignificantly small; a matter of form only (`tokenish' is informal); 'the fee was nominal'; 'a token gesture of resistance'; 'a toknenish gesture' .
(adj.) of, relating to, or characteristic of an amount that is not adjusted for inflation; 'the nominal GDP'; 'nominal interest rates' .
(adj.) pertaining to a noun or to a word group that functions as a noun; 'nominal phrase'; 'noun phrase' .
(adj.) relating to or constituting or bearing or giving a name; 'the Russian system of nominal brevity'; 'a nominal lists of priests'; 'taxable males as revealed by the nominal rolls' .
整理:莎丽--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(a.) Of or pertaining to a name or names; having to do with the literal meaning of a word; verbal; as, a nominal definition.
(a.) Existing in name only; not real; as, a nominal difference.
(n.) A nominalist.
(n.) A verb formed from a noun.
(n.) A name; an appellation.
整理:怀亚特
同義詞及近義詞：
a. Titular, not real, only in name.
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同義詞及反義詞：
SYN:Trifling, suppositious, ostensible, professed, pretended, formal
ANT:Real, deep, serious, important, grave, substantial, actual, intrinsic,veritable, essential
錄入:萨姆纳
解釋/意思:
adj. pertaining to a name: existing only in name: having a name.—ns. Nom′inalism the doctrine that general terms have no corresponding reality either in or out of the mind being mere words; Nom′inalist one of a sect of philosophers who held the doctrine of nominalism.—adj. Nominalist′ic pertaining to nominalism.—adv. Nom′inally.
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例句/造句/用法:
- But in 1562, the year at which he ends with it, it contained no more than the same nominal sum does at present. 亞當·斯密. 國富論.
- Thompson moved light and had no fixed place for even nominal headquarters. 尤利西斯·格蘭特. U．S．格蘭特的個人回憶錄.
- The mind wanders from the nominal subject and devotes itself to what is intrinsically more desirable. 約翰·杜威. 民主與教育.
- General Scott left the country, and never after had more than the nominal command of the army until early in 1861. 尤利西斯·格蘭特. U．S．格蘭特的個人回憶錄.
- The labourer is rich or poor, is well or ill rewarded, in proportion to the real, not to the nominal price of his labour. 亞當·斯密. 國富論.
- At the same time and place, the real and the nominal price of all commodities are exactly in proportion to one another. 亞當·斯密. 國富論.
- It is not the real, but the nominal price of corn, which can in any considerable degree be affected by the bounty. 亞當·斯密. 國富論.
- What is called bank money, is always of more value than the same nominal sum of common currency. 亞當·斯密. 國富論.
- This nominal sum, therefore, is necessarily higher when the coin is much debased by clipping and wearing, than when near to its standard value. 亞當·斯密. 國富論.
- This possession--its proudest and most prized--had for years been nominal only. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪麗.
- This degradation, both in the real and nominal value of wool, could never have happened in consequence of the natural course of things. 亞當·斯密. 國富論.
- For a time natural leadership and nominal position coincided, and the administration became in a measure a real sovereignty. 沃爾特·李普曼. 政治序論.
- The nominal value of all sorts of goods would be greater, but their real value would be precisely the same as before. 亞當·斯密. 國富論.
- Miss Ginevra's school-studies were little better than nominal; there were but three things she practised in earnest, viz. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 維萊特.
- It is their real price; money is their nominal price only. 亞當·斯密. 國富論.
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