单词 | enumeration |
释义 | enu·mer·a·tion 1. a. < the rebel leader's effective enumeration of popular grievances > : the act of mentioning as an item in a total or series < not so entwined with the government as to warrant enumeration as a separate element of the constitutional system — F.A.Ogg & Harold Zink > b. < the modern way to learn English … is to absorb a phrase-by-phrase enumeration of all that might be conceivably said in ordinary talk — J.M.Barzun > < a careful enumeration of the circumstances that led to the tragedy > < the author provides complete enumerations … of the opinions of Cartesian scholars on disputed questions of interpretation — W.F.Doney > 2. a. < as the faculty of speech developed … the art of enumeration or counting would begin — J.A.N.Friend > b. < the decennial enumeration is only one of the many censuses it conducts — Current Biography > 3. logic < total enumeration in perfect induction > |
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