单词 | unconditioned |
释义 | unconditioned (once / 17356 pages) 1adj 2adj An unconditioned behavior is not brought about by learning. Sneezing is an unconditioned behavior. Unconditioned also means without conditions, as in unconditioned love, which is love that will always be, even if your mate starts wearing socks with sandals. There are two sense of unconditioned, but they both involve things that happen regardless of outside events. An unconditioned behavior is innate — babies aren't taught (or conditioned) to cry, so that behavior is unconditioned. Other uses of unconditioned mean that something has no conditions and could last forever, like unconditioned peace, or even an unconditioned agreement that will be honored in any circumstances. No conditions can stop it. 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 emergency rules banned organized fights that pit untrained and unconditioned fighters against one another. Washington Times(Feb 22, 2016) This unusual step was taken because garages, which are not insulated, are “notoriously inefficient, unconditioned spaces that suck out heat in the winter,” Seibert said. Washington Post(Feb 18, 2016) “Scientifically, the unconditioned stimulus which is drugs brings an unconditioned response, which is being high. Salon(Oct 10, 2012) 1 adj not established by conditioning or learning 2an unconditioned reflex Syn|Ant innate, unlearned naive inexperienced conditioned, learned established by conditioning or learning adj not conditional Syn|Ant unconditional blunt, crude, stark devoid of any qualifications or disguise or adornment vestedfixed and absolute and without contingency unqualifiednot limited or restricted conditional imposing or depending on or containing a condition contrary to fact, counterfactualgoing counter to the facts (usually as a hypothesis) contingent, contingent on, contingent upon, dependant on, dependant upon, dependent on, dependent upon, depending ondetermined by conditions or circumstances that follow dependant, dependent, qualifiedcontingent on something else probationary, provisional, provisionary, tentativeunder terms not final or fully worked out or agreed upon provisorysubject to a proviso qualifiedlimited or restricted; not absolute |
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