英语词汇“finite”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	finite
释义	fi·nite I. \ˈfīˌnīt, usu -nīd.+V\ adjective Etymology: Middle English finit, from Latin finitus, past participle of finire to limit, finish, end — more at finish 1. a. : having definite or definable limits or boundaries : not illimitable : limited, bounded < a finite, although not very definite, thickness will reduce the intensity to a point where it is relatively insignificant — Samuel Glasstone > < the power of credence, of imaginatively realizing a supreme event … is ridiculously finite — Arnold Bennett > < the absorption of all peoples into a finite, small community — C.E.Odegaard > < a universal theory cannot be induced from a finite number of facts — Maurice Cranston & J.W.N.Watkins > b. : having a nature, character, or existence subject to limitations or marked by imperfections : limited in power : not absolute : human, mortal < a finite God who struggles in his great and comprehensive way as we struggle in our weak and silly way — H.G.Wells > < the impossible gulf between the finite Easterner and the infinite, pure virtue of the cowboy — D.B.Davis > < incurable ills such as death, destruction … and ignorance … will always be characteristic of finite beings — M.R.Cohen > < fate was inhuman, it was cruel, it excited and crushed every finite wish — F.R.Leavis > < have pity on finite us — Don May > 2. a. : having a character or being completely determinable in theory or in fact either as an object of thought or as susceptible of complete enumeration or of physical measurement b. : subject to experience c. : neither infinite nor infinitesimal 3. a. : less than an arbitrary positive integer and greater than the negative of that integer — used of a quantity, magnitude, or number b. : having a finite number of elements < the set of integers is finite > 4. : of, relating to, or being a verb or verb form that can function as a predicate or as the main element of one and that is limited (as in tense, person, and number) • fi·nite·ly adverb II. noun (-s) : a finite thing or being : something that is finite III. transitive verb (-ed/-ing/-s) : to make finite : limit
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