单词 | rational |
释义 | ra·tio·nal I. 1. < rational creature > < a rational being > < embryo had a vegetable life, then an animal life, and finally a rational life — S.F.Mason > 2. a. < provide a literary as well as a rational education — G.K.Chalmers > < rational analysis of the problem — R.C.Doty > b. 3. < 3 and 2 + 3/5 are rational expressions > 4. a. < gives a quite rational explanation of the passage — Modern Language Notes > < a rational … world trade policy — Nation's Business > < the advantages of a rational orthography — C.H.Grandgent > b. 5. Synonyms: < the triumph of the rational over the emotional side of man > < his was a mind so purely rational that it had long since demanded and received absolute divorce from his naturally impetuous heart — Elinor Wylie > < the rational, the intelligent, the orderly processes of behavior — Lewis Mumford > < we may seek to change another person's convictions in a rational manner either by bringing to his notice evidence that he did not previously know about or by inducing in him a process of rational inference — R.H.Thouless > reasonable usually carries a much weaker implication of the power to reason in general or of guidance by conclusions drawn by the reasoning power, rather applying to actions or decisions or choices that are practical, sensible, just, or fair < the longing to achieve is more emotional than reasonable — H.S.Canby > < no English author has given an ampler and more reasonable interpretation of life — W.S.Maugham > < the amount of uncompleted work is relatively small and can be completed within a reasonable period of time — Loyola University Bulletin > < the heifers and cows may be expected to give a reasonable milk yield — Allan Fraser > < contributions must be reasonable in amount — C.M.Winslow > II. a. archaic < not as rationals, but as animals — Thomas Paine > b. < consider the set of all rationals, excluding zero — Harry Lass > c. < the decided shift in production rational — Dun's Review > III. |
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