| 单词 | empirical |
| 释义 | empirical (once / 2151 pages) adj If knowledge is empirical, it's based on observation rather than theory. To do an empirical study of donut shops, you'll need to visit every one you can find. Empirical looks like empire comes from a completely different origin: it is from the Greek empeirikos, meaning experienced. It was originally used in medicine for doctors making choices based on observation and experiment rather than theoretical ideas. It's now used for any kind of knowledge that comes from experience. Meditate all day on the origins of donuts, but until you visit the donut bakery you'll lack empirical knowledge of donut creation. WORD FAMILYempirical: empirically, empiricism, semiempirical+/empiricism: empiricisms, empiricist/empiricist: empiricists USAGE EXAMPLESThat empirical side of his job is important to Karanka. New York Times(Dec 31, 2016) Empirical scientific research caught up with their observations. The Guardian(Dec 23, 2016) Let's just keep to the facts and the empirical evidence. New York Times(Aug 20, 2016) 1adj derived from experiment and observation rather than theory an empirical basis for an ethical theory empirical laws empirical data an empirical treatment of a disease about which little is known Syn|Ant empiric a posteriori requiring evidence for validation or support confirmable, falsifiable, verifiablecapable of being tested (verified or falsified) by experiment or observation existential, experientialderived from experience or the experience of existence data-based, experimental, observationalrelying on observation or experiment experimentalof the nature of or undergoing an experiment semiempiricalrelying to some extent on observation or experiment trial-and-errortrying out various means or theories until error is satisfactorily reduced or eliminated theoretic, theoretical concerned primarily with theories or hypotheses rather than practical considerations abstractiveof an abstracting nature or having the power of abstracting a prioribased on hypothesis or theory rather than experiment conjectural, divinatory, hypothetic, hypothetical, supposed, suppositional, suppositious, supposititiousbased primarily on surmise rather than adequate evidence notional, speculativenot based on fact or investigation metaphysicalhighly abstract and overly theoretical theory-basedbased in theory rather than experiment 2adj relying on medical quackery Syn empiric |
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