释义 |
inadequation arch.|ɪnædɪˈkweɪʃən| [in-3.] Want of equivalence or exact correspondence.
1630I. Craven Serm. (1631) 29 Man..cannot [know the secrets] of anothers heart; nor those of his owne..but with inadequation to the truth. 1676Marvell Mr. Smirke 35 The difference arising only from the Inadequation of Languages. 1830De Quincey R. Bentley Wks. VII. 105 The continual inadequation (to use a logical term) of Greek to modern terms. |