| 单词 | disjunction |
| 释义 | disjunction (once / 17721 pages) n A disjunction is a broken connection. If you expect to be a doctor but you haven't taken any science courses since high school biology, you would have a disjunction between your expectations and your training. The -junct- in disjunction is the same Latin root that gives us yoke, the harness that joins two oxen together. So if you have a disjunction, things are not joined together — there's a disconnect. If you order a pizza and the waiter brings you caviar, that's a disjunction. In logic, a disjunction is made by joining two sentences with "or" — "I'm tired, or I'm hungry" — while a conjunction joins two sentences with "and" — "I'm tired, and I'm hungry." WORD FAMILYdisjunction: disjunctions, disjunctive, nondisjunction+/disjunctive: disjunctively USAGE EXAMPLESThat’s what most journalists do, but readers may notice the disjunction between facts and “science” and conclude that the latter is bunk. Wall Street Journal(Dec 08, 2016) But he seemed to catch up with the disjunction. The New Yorker(Nov 17, 2016) Let us pause here to note the disjunction between the two political meanings of “mandate.” Wall Street Journal(Oct 27, 2016) 1n state of being disconnected Syn|Ant|Hypo|Hyper disconnectedness, disconnection, disjuncture connectedness, connection, link the state of being connected separability the capability of being separated incoherence, incoherencylack of cohesion or clarity or organization disjointednesslacking order or coherence separation the state of lacking unity 2n the act of breaking a connection Syn|Hyper disconnection separation the act of dividing or disconnecting |
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