categorical
英 [kætɪ'gɒrɪk(ə)l]
美 [,kætə'ɡɔrɪkl]
- adj. 绝对的（名词categoricalness，副词categorically，异体字categoric）；直接了当的；无条件的；属于某一范畴的
助记提示
1. cat- + egor- "declaim (in the assembly)" + -ic + -al.
2. 其本意为：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. 由此进而引申为如今的：种类、范畴、类别。
5. 该词的最初含义在categorical\categorically中还看得到、还保留着。
6. categorical: unqualified, asserting absolutely, affirmative.
中文词源
categorical 明确的来自category, 分类，指分门别类的，明确的。
英文词源
- 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.
双语例句
- 1. to make a categorical statement
- 发表明确声明
来自《权威词典》
- 2. He is quite categorical that the UN should only help the innocent civilian population.
- 他非常坚定地认为，联合国应该只援助无辜的平民。
来自柯林斯例句
- 3. A categorical arrangement of specimens is needed to show the visitors.
- 标本的分类排列需要展示给访问者看。
来自辞典例句
- 4. Kiosks generally fall into two categorical types: transactional and explorational.
- 信息亭一般分成两类,即交易型和探索型.
来自About Face 3交互设计精髓
- 5. He has gone wiggle - waggle and cannot be persuaded to categorical.
- 他犹豫不决,无法劝他持明确的态度.
来自辞典例句