Absolute



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解释

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• adj. 绝对的, 完全的;无 ( 条件) 限制的
• ［英］ adj. 绝对的, 完全的 ( complete, total) ; 无 ( 条件) 限制的 ( unlimited, having no restriction, exception,or qualification GRE常考义)
• [反]qualified(adj. 受限制的)

Webster Collegiate

adjective

• Etymology: Middle English absolut, from Anglo-French, from Latin absolutus, from past participle of absolvere to set free, absolve
• Date: 14th century
• 1.
  • a. free from imperfection ; perfect it is a most absolute and excellent horse — Shakespeare
  • b. free or relatively free from mixture ; pure absolute alcohol
  • c. outright, unmitigated an absolute lie
• 2. being, governed by, or characteristic of a ruler or authority completely free from constitutional or other restraint absolute power
• 3.
  • a. standing apart from a normal or usual syntactical relation with other words or sentence elements the absolute construction this being the case in the sentence “this being the case, let us go”
  • b. of an adjective or possessive pronoun standing alone without a modified substantive blind in “help the blind” and ours in “your work and ours” are absolute
  • c. of a verb having no object in the particular construction under consideration though normally transitive kill in “if looks could kill” is an absolute verb
• 4. having no restriction, exception, or qualification an absolute requirementabsolute freedom
• 5. positive, unquestionable absolute proof
• 6.
  • a. independent of arbitrary standards of measurement
  • b. relating to or derived in the simplest manner from the fundamental units of length, mass, and time absolute electric units
  • c. relating to, measured on, or being a temperature scale based on absolute zero absolute temperature; specifically kelvin 10° absolute
• 7. fundamental, ultimate absolute knowledge
• 8. perfectly embodying the nature of a thing absolute justice
• 9. being self-sufficient and free of external references or relationships an absolute term in logicabsolute music
• 10. being the true distance from an aircraft to the earth's surface absolute altitude
• • absolute noun
• • absoluteness noun

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