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单词 metaphysical
释义
metaphysical
adjective
uk
/ˌmet.əˈfɪz.ɪ.kəl/us
/ˌmet̬.əˈfɪz.ɪ.kəl/
relatingto thepartofphilosophythat is aboutunderstandingexistenceandknowledge:
形而上学的，玄学的
Mostteenagersaskthemselves metaphysicalquestionssuch as "What islove?" and "What isdeath?"大多数青少年都会问自己一些形而上学的问题，比如“什么是爱？”、“什么是死亡？”
He ispracticaland not given to metaphysicalspeculation.他很务实，不喜欢玄虚的猜测。
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  • Sheclaimsthat metaphysicalbeliefsare theresultofourearliestexperiencesand theculturearound us.
  • There is somethingexquisitelymetaphysical,evenmystical, about hisapproachto nature'scomplexity.
  • At theheartof theplayliesawittymetaphysicalconceit.
  • Asingercan usemusictotransformeverydaylifeinto something metaphysical andprofound.
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(Definition ofmetaphysicalfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

metaphysical| American Dictionary

metaphysical
adjective
us
/ˌmet̬·əˈfɪz·ɪ·kəl/
relatingto thepartofphilosophythatdealswithexistenceandknowledge:
metaphysicalquestionsabout thenatureof theuniverse
(Definition ofmetaphysicalfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Well, perhaps there is none, if it is some bare logical ormetaphysicalimpossibility that is being asked about.
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The system of monads should be taken as themetaphysicalmodel of the best of all possible worlds.
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It relates to the here and now and not to some future ormetaphysicalrealm.
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It is, of course, true that earlier thinkers sought to justify their faith through the defence ofmetaphysicalclaims.
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Note that themetaphysicalthesis is stronger than the epistemological one.
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There might bemetaphysical, semantic or epistemological reason to think that reasons are a more fundamental normative element than values.
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There are others, like those quantum theory asserts exist, that pertain tometaphysicalindeterminacy and the non-existence of certain facts in the world.
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Three notions of possibility which are of particular importance here aremetaphysical, conceptual, and epistemic possibility.
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As visual metaphors, they embody and represent concrete as well as traditionalmetaphysicalconcepts.
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Some people, though not sophisticated philosophers nowadays, would be tempted by rule talk to makemetaphysicalmistakes.
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Physical science in the modern sense is more or less absent, butmetaphysicalessays touching upon the subject were entirely typical.
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However, since it cannot make anymetaphysicalpromises to its adherents, one would expect that not everybody is "born" to live it.
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People commonly regard monism as a doctrine in which parts are merged into and subservient before the whole - a kind ofmetaphysicaltotalitarianism.
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Rather than illuminating a deeply entrenchedmetaphysicalvoice, she focuses on musical enactments of the body's motions.
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For him, in symbolism as inmetaphysicalpoetry, "the personal or human reality and the imaginative or divine reality must be perfectly interfused" (105).
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