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单词 enumeration
释义 enu·mer·a·tion
\ə̇ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˈrāshən, (ˌ)ēˌ-\ noun
(-s)
Etymology: Middle French or Latin; Middle French, from Latin enumeration-, enumeratio, from enumeratus + -ion-, -io -ion
1.
 a. : the act of listing one after the other : detailing
  < 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. : an itemized list or detailed or seriatim account : catalog
  < 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. : the act of counting : numbering
  < as the faculty of speech developed … the art of enumeration or counting would begin — J.A.N.Friend >
 b. : a count of something (as a population) : census
  < the decennial enumeration is only one of the many censuses it conducts — Current Biography >
3. logic : examination of the instances falling under a universal
 < total enumeration in perfect induction >
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