categorical
英 [kætɪ'gɒrɪk(ə)l]
美 [,kætə'ɡɔrɪkl]
- adj. 絕對的（名詞categoricalness，副詞categorically，異體字categoric）；直接了當的；無條件的；屬於某一範疇的
助記提示
1. cat- + egor- "declaim (in the assembly)" + -ic + -al.
2. 其本意為：speak against, accuse, assert, predicate.
3. Original sense of "accuse" weakened to "assert, name" by the time Aristotle applied kategoria to his 10 classes of things that can be named.
4. 由此進而引申為如今的：種類、範疇、類別。
5. 該詞的最初含義在categoricalcategorically中還看得到、還保留著。
6. categorical: unqualified, asserting absolutely, affirmative.
中文詞源
categorical 明確的來自category, 分類，指分門別類的，明確的。
英文詞源
- categorical (adj.)
- 1590s, as a term in logic, "unqualified, asserting absolutely," from Late Latin categoricus, from Greek kategorikos "accusatory, affirmative, categorical," from kategoria (see category). General sense of "explicit, unconditional" is from 1610s. Categorical imperative, from the philosophy of Kant, first recorded 1827. Related: Categorically.
雙語例句
- 1. to make a categorical statement
- 發表明確聲明
來自《權威詞典》
- 2. He is quite categorical that the UN should only help the innocent civilian population.
- 他非常堅定地認為，聯合國應該隻援助無辜的平民。
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. A categorical arrangement of specimens is needed to show the visitors.
- 標本的分類排列需要展示給訪問者看。
來自辭典例句
- 4. Kiosks generally fall into two categorical types: transactional and explorational.
- 信息亭一般分成兩類,即交易型和探索型.
來自About Face 3交互設計精髓
- 5. He has gone wiggle - waggle and cannot be persuaded to categorical.
- 他猶豫不決,無法勸他持明確的態度.
來自辭典例句