Paradigm



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解释

GRE 红宝书

• n. 范例, 示范
• ［英］ n. 范例, 示范 ( a typical example or archetype)
• ［记］ para ( 旁边) ＋digm ( 显示) -> 显示给旁边的看 -> 榜样
• ［同］ 派生词: paradigmatic ( adj. 作为示范的 , 典范的 )

Webster Collegiate

noun

• Etymology: Late Latin paradigma, from Greek paradeigma, from paradeiknynai to show side by side, from para- + deiknynai to show — more at diction
• Date: 15th century
• 1. example, pattern; especially an outstandingly clear or typical example or archetype
• 2. an example of a conjugation or declension showing a word in all its inflectional forms
• 3. a philosophical and theoretical framework of a scientific school or discipline within which theories, laws, and generalizations and the experiments performed in support of them are formulated; broadly a philosophical or theoretical framework of any kind
• ? paradigmatic adjective
• ? paradigmatically adverb

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