单词	reflexive
释义	reflexive /rɪˈflɛksɪv / adjective 1 Grammar Denoting a pronoun that refers back to the subject of the clause in which it is used, e.g. myself, themselves.The term emphatic pronoun refers to a reflexive pronoun used to emphasize a noun phrase, as in ‘The town itself is very old’ and ‘Well, you said it yourself.’... English requires the use of prepositional phrases and reflexive and other pronouns to communicate what the middle morpheme could alone. 1.1(Of a verb or clause) having a reflexive pronoun as its object (e.g. wash oneself).In the first, called intrinsic reflexivization, a predicate is marked as a reflexive predicate in the lexicon.... A French language lesson follows with the Brother conjugating the reflexive verb déshabiller, ‘to undress’. What should be emphasized here is the use of the reflexive verb - ‘devalue themselves’. 2 Logic (Of a relation) always holding between a term and itself.For a family of paradoxes, with similar levels of intractability, have been discovered, which are not reflexive in this way. 3(Of a method or theory in the social sciences) taking account of itself or of the effect of the personality or presence of the researcher on what is being investigated.Kavoori calls this a reflexive mode born of an increasing familiarity with the narrative conventions of news and an awareness of the institutional imperatives of media industries (Kavoori).... But first of all, in a reflexive mode, let me say something about my own background which will help to place my interests in this conjunction of cultures in context. The ultimate reflexive investigation of investigation occurs in that branch of philosophy known as epistemology, the theory of knowledge. 4(Of an action) performed as a reflex, without conscious thought: at concerts like this one standing ovations have become reflexive... Finally, under life-threatening stress, you won't attempt a task if you do not have total confidence in your reflexive ability to perform it well. According to neurologists, such reflexive activities are neither conscious nor signs of awareness. Sometimes it's conscious, sometimes reflexive, but the basic trend is not in doubt. noun A reflexive word or form, especially a pronoun.NP-anaphora can be encoded by gaps, pronouns, reflexives, names, and descriptions.... Binding is concerned with the type of anaphora found with pronouns and reflexives, but the notion is greatly extended. In other languages, reflexives are even less amenable to a two-participant interpretation. Derivatives reflexiveness noun ... Although, admittedly, the reflexiveness of making sure nothing is misunderstood is one of their more annoying traits, an unfortunate after-effect of the whole authenticity thing that drives them, I fear. The second sense is that of aesthetic experiment, and there is a similar reflexiveness here: the magazine's poetry and prose contributions read more promisingly as tests of the avant-garde than as attempts at being avant-garde. The paintings take a bit of getting used to, being both modern in their reflexiveness and old-fashioned in their genre. reflexivity /rɪflɛkˈsɪvɪti/ noun ... Ordinal numbers (subject to such axioms as reflexivity, symmetry, and transitivity) are only used for comparison. Giddens too easily constructs the reflexive self as a functional whole, all units - reflexivity, practical consciousness and the unconscious - working for the overall benefit of the self. Through the discontinuity of these ‘related but discrete articles’ the continuous reflexivity of an epistemological concern emerges.
随便看	as —— as you please as —— go at at- ATA Atabrine Atacama Desert at a clip atactic at a disadvantage at a discount at after at a glance at a gulp Atalanta a tale of a tub at a lick at all at all costs (or at any cost) at all events a tall order at all points a tall story (or tale) at a loss at a low ebb

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