英语词汇“reciprocal”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

单词	reciprocal
释义	re·cip·ro·cal I. \rə̇ˈsiprəkəl, rēˈ-\ adjective Etymology: Latin reciprocus returning the same way, alternating (from — assumed — recus backward — from re- — + — assumed — procus forward, from pro- pro (I)) + English -al 1. a. : inversely related : opposite < each flexor muscle which contracts has its reciprocal extensor muscle which operates in the reverse direction — A.E.Wier > b. : of, constituting, or resulting from paired crosses in which the form that supplies the male parent of the first cross supplies the female parent of the second cross and vice versa < a cross between a black Leghorn male and a white Leghorn female and one between a white Leghorn male and a black Leghorn female are reciprocal crosses > 2. a. : mutually existing : shared, felt, or shown by both sides < two congenial spirits united … by mutual confidence and reciprocal virtues — T.L.Peacock > < reciprocal love > < reciprocal understanding > b. : expressive of mutual action or relationship — used of verbs and especially of compound pronouns; compare reciprocal pronouns 3. : serving to reciprocate : consisting of or functioning as a return in kind < an unselfish friend who helped him without expecting any reciprocal benefit > 4. a. : corresponding to each other : being equivalent or complementary < agreed to extend reciprocal privileges to each other's citizens > < reciprocal cultural missions > < the public and private systems engage in reciprocal services — Albert Lepawsky > b. : marked by or based upon reciprocity < reciprocal trade agreements > Synonyms: mutual, common: reciprocal describes an equivalence, balance, equal counteraction, equal return, or equal sharing < not a mere cooperation of distinct forces, but an extremely powerful reciprocal action, each in turn firing the other and fired by it — C.E.Montague > < the connection between law and political theory has not been one-sided; it has been completely reciprocal — Huntington Cairns > mutual is likely to apply to feelings or actions shared by two, indicating either an accompanying reciprocity, equality, or interreaction or simply stressing the fact of a common experience or emotion < a devoted attachment and mutual admiration between aunt and niece — George Eliot > < mutual obligation — on the part of the lord to protect his vassal against the violence of others, and on the vassal's part to make good the homage pledged by him — H.O.Taylor > < sometimes mingles poetry and propaganda to their mutual disaster — J.L.Lowes > common conveys no suggestion of reciprocity between two parties or agencies; instead it indicates the fact of joint participation or possession among any number < death and other incidents of our common fate — M.R.Cohen > < generally agreed that all men belong to the same species, that all were probably derived from the same ancestral stock, and that all share in a common patrimony — M.F.A.Montagu > < looked at each other for one instant, as if each had in mind those few moments during which a certain moonlit scene was common to both — Thomas Hardy > II. noun (-s) 1. : something that reciprocates or has a reciprocal relationship to something else; especially : a reciprocal term, expression, or concept < freedom — or its reciprocal, the control of human behavior — B.F.Skinner > < corruption is a reciprocal to generation — Francis Bacon > 2. : a number that when multiplied by a given number gives one < 4/3 is the reciprocal of 3/4 > < 1/9 is the reciprocal of 9 > 3. : reciprocal exchange III. noun : multiplicative inverse herein
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