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单词 empirical
释义 em·pir·i·cal
\ə̇mˈpirə̇kəl, (ˈ)em|p-, -rēk-\ adjective
or em·pir·ic \-rik, -rēk\
1. archaic
 a. : following or used in the practice of the empirics
 b. : relying on experience or observation alone without proper regard for considerations of system, science, and theory
 c. : being or befitting a quack or charlatan
2.
 a. : originating in or relying or based on factual information, observation, or direct sense experience usually as opposed to theoretical knowledge
  < empirical law >
  < an empirical equation >
  < an empirical basis for an ethical theory >
 also : relying on or proceeding on the information to be derived from experience and observation for lack of other knowledge : proceeding strictly experimentally or by the trial and error method
  < an empirical treatment of a disease about which little is known >
  < much medical lore had had an empirical origin … centuries of trial-and-error gropings after remedies — R.H.Shryock >
  < agriculture from its primitive beginnings has been an individualistic, unorganized, empirical business — Yrbk. of Agriculture >
 b. : experiential; broadly : observational, factual
  < empirical data >
  < the psychoanalysts have had no trouble in finding empirical confirmation for their theories — H.M.Parshley >
  < an immense mass of evidence, gathered by empirical investigation — Newsweek >
3. : capable of being confirmed, verified, or disproved by observation or experiment
 < empirical statements or laws >
em·pir·i·cal·ly \-rə̇k(ə)lē, -rēk, -li\ adverb
em·pir·i·cal·ness \-rə̇kəlnə̇s, -rēk-\ noun -es
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