单词 | conditioned |
释义 | conditioned (once / 2905 pages) adj If you're conditioned to expect something, it means you've learned over time or been taught to anticipate it. Many people become conditioned to eat something sweet after dinner. Most adults, through the habit of brushing their teeth every morning and night for their whole lives, become conditioned to brush regularly. In other words, they've been taught or trained to do it. Another way to be conditioned is to be in great physical shape: "I've never felt so conditioned as when I took that tap dancing class!" The adjective conditioned comes from the Old French condicion, "stipulation, state, or behavior." WORD FAMILYconditioned: conditioneder, unconditioned+/condition: conditional, conditioned, conditioner, conditioning, conditions, precondition, recondition/conditional: conditionality, conditionally, unconditional/conditioner: conditioners/conditioning: conditionings/precondition: preconditioned, preconditioning, preconditions/recondition: reconditioned, reconditioning, reconditions/unconditional: unconditionally USAGE EXAMPLESThe church also is not air conditioned so in the summer it is “pretty uncomfortable,” Davis said. Washington Times(Dec 03, 2016) Buses are air conditioned, with a separate section for women at the front, and 10 pink women-only buses have recently started operation. The Guardian(Nov 23, 2016) First, President Trump could state clearly that our resolve to defend our allies is not conditioned by what our allies pay us for security. Washington Post(Nov 17, 2016) 1adj established by conditioning or learning a conditioned response Syn|Ant learned innate, unconditioned, unlearned not established by conditioning or learning naiveinexperienced 2adj physically fit Syn in condition fit physically and mentally sound or healthy |
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