请输入您要查询的英文单词:

 

单词 transcendental
释义 tran·scen·den·tal
I. \|tranˌsen|dentəl, |tran(t)sən|-, -raan-\ adjective
Etymology: Medieval Latin transcendentalis, from Latin transcendent-, transcendens + -alis -al
1.
 a. Aristotelianism : reaching or lying beyond the bounds of any category; also : metaphysical
 b. Kantianism
  (1) : of or relating to the a priori and necessary conditions of human experience as determined by the constitution of the mind itself
  (2) : transcending what is determined by the contingent particularity of experience though not transcending all human knowledge — contrasted with transcendent 1b
2. : transcendent 1a
 < few men have had his transcendental capacity to stir the heart — J.H.Plumb >
 < the trout fisherman … with that transcendental patience — Richard Jefferies >
 < an event of transcendental importance — Rodrigo Miró >
3.
 a. : incapable of being the root of an algebraic equation with rational integral coefficients
  < π is a transcendental number >
 b. : being, involving, or representing a function (as sin x, log x, ex) that cannot be expressed by a finite number of algebraic operations
4.
 a. : extending or being beyond the limits of ordinary experience
  < extreme transcendental idealism which viewed the world as the visonary creation of the fallen soul of man — E.S.Bates >
  < a transcendental world of concepts has therefore been envisaged by the philosophers — C.K.Ogden & I.A.Richards >
 b. : of or relating to the supernatural
  < the vital transcendental soul, belonging to the spiritual realm — Lewis Mumford >
  < find transcendental motives for sublunary action — Aldous Huxley >
 c. : abstruse, abstract
  < that transcendental phraseology which defies exact translation — Herbert Read >
  < insensitive plodders … regrettably unable to follow the transcendental speculations — C.W.Shumaker >
 d. : of or relating to transcendentalism
  < the transcendental belief … that every part of nature is an emblem, symbol, or analogue of a spiritual or intellectual truth — R.L.Cook >
II. noun
(-s)
: something that is transcendental: as
 a. : a transcendental idea or doctrine
 b. Scholasticism : any one of the broadest conceptions of being (as being, thing, one, truth)
  < he appears to assume, in many places but particularly in his demonstrations of God, both that being (or some equivalent transcendental) is a genus, and that God is in it — H.T.Schwartz >
随便看

 

英语词典包含332784条英英释义在线翻译词条,基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法,是英语学习的有利工具。

 

Copyright © 2004-2022 Newdu.com All Rights Reserved
更新时间:2024/11/11 11:57:15