absolute

英 [\"æbsəluːt] 美 [\"æbsəlut]

• 翻译

  adj. 绝对的；完全的；专制的

  n. 绝对；绝对事物

英 [\"æbsəluːt]||||||美 [\"æbsəlut]

A

adj. 绝对的；完全的；专制的

n. 绝对；绝对事物

absolute 绝对的

absolve的过去分词形式。词义发生了微妙的变化。

absolute

absolute:

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Absolute

,

absolution

,a,n,d

absolve

all come ultimately from the same source: Latin

absolvere

‘set free’, a compound verb made up from the prefix

ab

- ‘away’a,n,dthe verb

solvere

‘loose’ (from which English gets

solve

and several other derivatives, including

dissolve

and

resolve

). From the 13th to the 16th century an alternative version of the verb,

assoil

, was in more common use than

absolve

; this came from the same Latin original, but via Old French rather than by a direct route.

The

t

of

absolute

and

absolution

comes from the past participial stem of the Latin verb –

absolūt

-. The noun, the adjective,a,n,dthe verb have taken very different routes from their common semantic starting point, the notion of ‘setting free’:

absolve

now usually refers to freeing from responsibilitya,n,d

absolution

to the remitting of sins, while

absolute

now means ‘free from any qualificationo,rrestriction’.

=> dissolve, resolve, solve

absolute (adj.)

late 14c., \\\\\\\"unrestricted; complete, perfect;\\\\\\\" also \\\\\\\"not relative to something else\\\\\\\" (mid-15c.), from Middle French

absolut

(14c., Old French

asolu

, Modern French

absolu

), from Latin

absolutus

, past participle of

absolvere

\\\\\\\"to set free, make separate\\\\\\\" (see absolve).

Most of the current senses also were in the Latin word. Sense evolution was \\\\\\\"detached, disengaged,\\\\\\\" thus \\\\\\\"perfect, pure.\\\\\\\" Meaning \\\\\\\"despotic\\\\\\\" (1610s) is from notion of \\\\\\\"absolute in position.\\\\\\\"

Absolute monarchy

is recorded from 1735 (

absolute king

is recorded from 1610s); scientific

absolute magnitude

(1902),

absolute value

(1907) are from early 20c. In metaphysics,

the absolute

\\\\\\\"that which is absolute\\\\\\\" is from 1809.

1. The industry minister described the affair as \\\\\\\"an

absolute

scandal\\\\\\\".

工业部长将此事件形容为“绝对的丑闻”。

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2. I think he\\\\\\\"s an

absolute

stinker to do that to her.

我认为他那样对待她真太缺德了。

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3. In

absolute

terms British wages remain low by European standards.

根据欧洲标准，英国工资的绝对值依然很低。

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4. Attorneys are ethicallya,n,dlegally bound to

absolute

confidentiality.

道德和法律都要求律师们绝对保密。

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5. Four foot should be seen as an

absolute

minimum.

绝对不能比4英尺再少了。

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