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GRE 红宝书

• n. 轮廓; 结构
• ［英］ n. 结构 ( arrangement of parts; form) ; 轮廓 ( contour; outl ine)
• ［记］ con＋figure ( 形状) ＋ion -> 全部形状 -> 轮廓
• ［同］ 同根词: figurative ( 比喻的) ; figurehead ( 傀儡领袖)

Webster Collegiate

noun

• Etymology: Late Latin configuration-, configuratio similar formation, from Latin configurare to form from or after, from com- + figurare to form, from figura figure
• Date: 1559
• 1.
  • a. relative arrangement of parts or elements: as
    • (1) shape
    • (2) contour of land <configuration of the mountains
    • (3) functional arrangement small business computer system in its simplest configuration
  • b. something (as a figure, contour, pattern, or apparatus) that results from a particular arrangement of parts or components
  • c. the stable structural makeup of a chemical compound especially with reference to the space relations of the constituent atoms
• 2. gestalt <personality configuration
• ? configurational adjective
• ? configurationally adverb
• ? configurative adjective

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