单词 | the logic of the situation |
释义 | > as lemmasthe logic of the situation b. transferred. A means of convincing or proving. the logic of the situation, the facts which dictate what action is rationally to be taken. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > philosophy > logic > [noun] > as a means of convincing or proving logic1682 the mind > mental capacity > understanding > reason, faculty of reasoning > [noun] > basis in reason > facts indicating the logic of the situation1876 1682 G. Topham Rome's Trad. Ep. Ded. Bonner's Logick, Fire and Faggot. 1711 J. Addison Spectator No. 239. ¶8 A certain grand Monarch..writ upon his Great Guns—Ratio ultima Regum. The Logick of Kings. 1816 Sporting Mag. 48 180 On setting to Lancaster cleanly hit Ford down; when it was loudly vociferated ‘What do you think of that for logic’? 1859 E. FitzGerald tr. Rubáiyát Omar Khayyám xliii. 9 The Grape that can with Logic absolute The Two-and-Seventy jarring Sects confute. 1869 J. Eadie Comm. Epist. Gal. (ii. 10) 132 The logic of their facts was irresistible. 1876 W. James Coll. Ess. & Rev. (1920) 34 The very essential logic of the situation demands that we wait not for any outward sign. 1880 Daily Tel. 28 Oct. The ‘logic of events’ may prove too strong for them, and what reason could not effect necessity may enforce. 1901 Scotsman 14 Mar. 7/5 Their territory..was annexed to the British domain in consequence of the terrible logic of war. 1945 K. R. Popper Open Society II. xiv. 90 The detailed determination of his action by what we may call the logic of the situation. 1946 E. Wilson Mem. Hecate County (1951) iv. 117 The logic of the situation impelled me to force her backwards, dropping one hand to her waist. 1960 Rep. Proc. Conf. Univ. U.K. 58 For the ambitious young man, the logic of the situation (which fortunately doesn't wholly govern his conduct) is this: time given to teaching is time taken from research; and his future depends not on teaching, but on research. 1961 Observer 19 Nov. 11/8 He said that Mr. Gaitskell had taken up the position of outside-right, and that the logic of the situation was for him to reorganise his team so that it would at least be facing in the same direction. 1969 H. Perkin Key Profession v. 214 The logic of the situation was that the C.A.T.s should seek to complete their upgrading by seeking recognition as universities. < as lemmas |
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