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单词 prescind
释义 pre·scind
\prēˈsind\ verb
(-ed/-ing/-s)
Etymology: Latin praescindere to cut off in front, from prae- pre- + scindere to cut, split — more at shed
transitive verb
1. archaic : to cut short, off, or away : sever
 < the brevity of his reign prescinded many … hopes of his good government — Richard Brathwaite >
2. : to abstract by an act of attention : detach for purposes of thought : separate in consideration — used with from
 < its momentousness … prescinded their minds from the goat — Malcolm Lowry >
 < I cannot prescind … the existence of a sensible thing from being perceived — George Berkeley >
intransitive verb
: to abstract or detach oneself — used with from
 < we have prescinded from all these concrete characteristics — Peter Dunne >
 < if we prescind entirely from any audience consideration — Quarterly Journal of Speech >
Synonyms: see detach
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