单词 | theorist |
释义 | theoristtheo‧rist /ˈθɪərɪst $ ˈθiːə-/ ●○○ AWL (also theo‧re‧ti‧cian /ˌθɪərəˈtɪʃən $ ˌθiːə-/) noun [countable] Examples EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS word sets
WORD SETS► HARD SCIENCE Collocationsbaseline, nounboffin, nounconservation, nounconservationist, nouncontrol, nouncorrelation, noundouble-blind, adjectiveformula, nouninorganic, adjectiveinorganic chemistry, noun-logy, suffixmetallurgy, nounmicroscope, nounnatural science, nounnomenclature, noun-ologist, suffix-ology, suffixosmosis, nounphysical science, nounpipette, nounscience, nounscience park, nounscientist, nountechnical, adjectivetest tube, nountheoretical, adjectivetheoretically, adverbtheorist, nountheorize, verbtheory, nountoxicology, noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES► a conspiracy theorist Word family (=someone who believes in a particular conspiracy)· Conspiracy theorists believe that Princess Diana’s death was not an accident. COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADJECTIVE► classical· Active citizenship is still an ideal, but we must not lose the vision of the classical theorists, regarding participatory democracy. ► economic· Advertising used to make economic theorists uncomfortable. ► great· The great Social-Contract theorists of the Enlightenment therefore explicitly excluded women from their systems.· If Nivelle de la Chaussee was the great playwright of sentimental comedy, then Denise Diderot was the great theorist.· Two of the greatest theorists were Sigmund Freud, born in 1856, and Carl Jung, born in 1875. ► marxist· There is clearly some truth in this, but elite and Marxist theorists would not be very impressed with it. ► modern· The now voluminous literature on modernism and postmodernism has been dominated by philosophers and modern language theorists and historians of architecture.· The doctrine is, I take it, one from which a modern theorist can hardly escape, or hardly wishes to. ► other· A number of other social theorists as well have attributed power to structures in modernity.· For other theorists such as William Morris, the concept of work is not considered negatively.· A particular theorist may argue with the interpretations of other conspiracy theorists, because by no means all theorists agree with one another.· But, for Jacques Lacan and other psychoanalytic theorists, the project to discover the real face remains a fantasy.· The deconstruction of narrative as a natural or unproblematic activity was to be amplified by several other literary theorists. ► political· This requires the intense work of international political theorists in relation to the creation of a legislative process for international law.· She had become the political theorist.· The last has for a long time been the argument most favoured by political theorists.· These questions are being asked now not just by political theorists, although some of them are giving the most considered answers.· Historians and political theorists have another approach.· Only in recent times have political theorists imagined that an obligation can be founded independently of such a relationship. ► radical· The more technocratic radical elite theorists see the legal system as part of the growth of elites based upon monopolies of knowledge.· The radical elite theorists emphasized that popular participation is perfectly feasible, but collusion between elite groups prevents it from being established. ► social· A number of other social theorists as well have attributed power to structures in modernity.· Conservative social theorist Thomas Sowell maintains that the essential difference between liberals and conservatives is optimism about the human condition.· By contrast, social representation theorists examine the social functioning of anchoring.· Nevertheless, a social theorist has to start somewhere.· At present the social representation theorists illustrate how we cast our anchors.· This is now a fashionable field commanding the attention of very prominent social theorists. NOUN► conspiracy· But two or three unusual features of last week's cut fired the imagination of New York's conspiracy theorists.· But conspiracy theorists have argued over the years that Oswald was an agent manipulated by Moscow.· And politicians will never yield turf to them. Conspiracy theorists blame internal rivalries between municipal-bond and corporate-finance folk.· Like our late twentieth-century conspiracy theorists, Dooner starts with a few facts, disguising his fiction as straight social history.· A particular theorist may argue with the interpretations of other conspiracy theorists, because by no means all theorists agree with one another.· The conspiracy theorists might have a point. ► dependency· In any case, for the dependency theorists, development did not necessarily mean Western-style industrialisation. ► management· For years, management theorists have been telling companies to shrink.· Some of the relevant work of management theorists is reviewed in this chapter. WORD FAMILYnountheoristtheorytheoremtheoreticianadjectivetheoreticalverbtheorizeadverbtheoretically someone who develops ideas within a particular subject that explain why particular things happen or are true: a leading economic theorist |
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