| 单词 | high priori |
| 释义 | > as lemmashigh priori high priori adj. [a humorous alteration of a priori adv., originally (in high priori road) after high road n.] (of a method of reasoning, an assumption, etc.) lofty, unfounded. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > belief > supposition, surmise > taking for granted, presumption > [adverb] presumptively1593 presumably1658 antecedently1668 high priori1742 presumedly1848 assumedly1881 sans dire1881 assumably1883 the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > foolishness, folly > absurdity, incongruity > [adjective] > assuming loftiness high priori1742 priori1762 1742 A. Pope New Dunciad 463 We nobly take the high Priori Road. 1790 R. Porson Lett. to Travis vii. 163 Thus far I have thought fit to take the high priori road of reasoning; that if I have any attentive readers..they may learn to weigh the probabilities of an assertion before they agree to its truth. 1851 J. S. Mill Syst. Logic (ed. 3) I. iii. 209 I am unable to see why we should be..constrained to travel the ‘high priori road’ by the arbitrary fiat of logicians. 1873 Pop. Sci. Monthly Feb. 420 The days when mind was considered exclusively the domain of theologians and metaphysicians, and mental diseases were treated according to ‘high priori’ notions instead of medical science. 1923 Jrnl. Philos. 20 141 The purely logical approach to metaphysical problems is somewhat out of fashion. High priori grounds and necessary being are threatened with banishment. 1987 D. G. Marshall in G. H. Hartman Unremarkable Wordsworth Introd. p. viii Close reading again proved its validity against ‘high priori’ historicism. < as lemmas |
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