| 释义 |
▪ I. phylic, a.1|ˈfaɪlɪk|
[f. Gr. ϕυλ-ή tribe + -ic.]
Of or pertaining to a Greek phyle or tribe.
1891Jrnl. Hellenic Stud. XII. 30 The increase of the Phylae involved changes in the institutions based upon the phylic system. 1908J. L. Myres in R. R. Marett Anthropol. & Classics 142 The solidarity of the Greek phylic institutions.
▪ II. phylic, a.2 Psychol.|ˈfaɪlɪk|
[f. phylum + -ic.]
Of or relating to the phylum (sense b). Also absol.
1949T. Burrow Neurosis of Man vii. 169 As an outgrowth of this phylic principle of integration, the individual remains always an integral element within the organism of man as a unit. 1952W. J. H. Sprott Social Psychol. 246 The fault lies mainly in our individualism, or, rather, in our isolationism. We have over-developed the ‘private’ and lost touch with the ‘phylic’. 1953T. Burrow Sci. & Man's Behavior vi. 74 The term ‘species’..has no adjectival form. In order to fill this breach, I adopted ‘phylic’, from phylum, which in its original Greek had the meaning of ‘tribe’. |