absolute
- adj. 绝对的;确实的;专制的;完全的;独立的;无限制的
- n. 绝对的事物
详细释义
- 绝对的,确实的,肯定的,不容置疑的
- 专制的,独裁的
- 完全的,十足的,全部的,道地的
- 无条件的
- 纯粹的
- 有决定性的
- 无限制的
- 【文、语法】独立的
- 独行的,独断的
- 游离的
- 绝对事物,绝对真理
- 【哲】绝对
- 上帝
- 完全的; 全部的; 纯粹的; 绝对的 total and complete; perfect
- 不容置疑的; 毫无疑问的 not allowing any doubt; definite and without any doubt or uncertainty
- 不受限制的; 不受约束的; 专制的; 独裁的 not limited or restricted; having complete power; without limit
- 独立的; 绝对的 existing or measured independently and not in relation to sth else
- [C]绝对真理; 绝对准则,绝对原则 an idea or principle that is believed to be true or valid in any circumstances
英英释义
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something that is conceived or that exists independently and not in relation to other things; something that does not depend on anything else and is beyond human control; something that is not relative;
"no mortal being can influence the absolute"
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perfect or complete or pure;
"absolute loyalty"
"absolute silence"
"absolute truth"
"absolute alcohol"
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complete and without restriction or qualification; sometimes used informally as intensifiers;
"absolute freedom"
"an absolute dimwit"
"a downright lie"
"out-and-out mayhem"
"an out-and-out lie"
"a rank outsider"
"many right-down vices"
"got the job through sheer persistence"
"sheer stupidity"
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not limited by law;
"an absolute monarch"
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expressing finality with no implication of possible change;
"an absolute guarantee to respect the nation's authority"
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not capable of being violated or infringed;
"infrangible human rights"
双语例句
- 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”。
来自柯林斯例句
- 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。
来自柯林斯例句
- 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。
来自柯林斯例句
- 4. Attorneys are ethically and legally bound to absolute confidentiality.
- 道德和法律都要求律师们绝对保密。
来自柯林斯例句
- 5. Four foot should be seen as an absolute minimum.
- 绝对不能比4英尺再少了。
来自柯林斯例句
- There is no absolute standard for beauty.
美是没有绝对的标准的。 - Motion is absolute, while stillness is relative.
运动是绝对的,而静止是相对的。 - There is no absolute freedom in the world.
世上没有绝对的自由。 - The police have absolute proof of his guilt.
警方有他犯罪的确凿证据。 - We don't like the absolute ruler who does just as he please.
我们不喜欢为所欲为的专制统治者。 - We have an absolute mandate for these proposals.
我们完全有权提出这些建议。 - This reply is equeal to an absolute denial.
这个答复就相当于完全否定。 - Independent thinking is an absolute necessity.
独立思考是绝对必要的。 - I disagree that the property right is absolute.
我不同意财产权是无限制的。
- Absolute nonsense!
一派胡言! - Absolute quiet prevailed while he was speaking.
他说话时全场一片寂静。 - He is a man of absolute honesty.
他是个绝对诚实的人。 - He is an absolute fool.
他是个彻头彻尾的傻瓜。 - He's an absolute darling.
他是个十足的傻瓜。 - He's an absolute idiot!
他是个十足的白痴。 - His story is an absolute lie.
他的故事完全是个谎言。 - I have absolute confidence in her.
我对她有十足的信心。 - I have absolute faith in her judgment.
我绝对相信她的判断。 - I have absolute trust in you.
我完全信任你。 - I look upon this as an absolute necessity.
我认为这是绝对必要的。 - I think it's an absolute disgrace.
我觉得实在太丢人了。 - I was astonished at his absolute ignorance.
我对他的全然无知感到惊讶。 - She told you the absolute truth.
她告诉你的绝对是真话。 - That's absolute nonsense!
这纯粹是胡说(八道)! - That's absolute rubbish.
那完全是一派胡言。 - There's absolute rubbish on television tonight.
今晚的电视节目简直糟糕透顶。 - The script is an absolute mess.
这笔迹简直乱成一团麻。 - The way they've been treated is an absolute disgrace.
他们受到的待遇完全是一种耻辱。 - We have nearly absolute approval.
我们几乎得到她的完全同意。 - We must all learn the spirit of absolute selflessness from him.
我们大家都要学习他大公无私的精神。 - You're talking absolute nonsense.
你净在说废话。 - “You're wrong,” she said with absolute certainty.
“你错了。”她斩钉截铁地说。 - £9000 is the absolute maximum we can spend.9000
英镑绝对是我们所能花费的最大数目。 - Absolute immobilization in bed will do you more harm than good.
完全卧床不动对你来说害多利少。 - He has made me an absolute promise that he will help me.
他确实答应过帮我忙的。 - He must earn an absolute fortune.
他肯定赚了一大笔钱。 - He has an absolute certainty for the team.
他对这个队完全有把握。 - No one can tell the absolute figure of the stars in the universe.
没有人知道宇宙中星球的确切数字。 - Such demands would in the present day include the absolute assurance of full employment.
这些要求在目前包括确实保证充分就业。 - Do you have absolute proof of her guilt?
你有她犯罪的确凿证据吗? - The detective found absolute proof of the man's guilt.
侦探发现了那个人犯罪的确凿证据。 - The police have absolute proof that he was the murderer.
警察有确凿的证据证明他是凶手。 - An absolute ruler has absolute power.
一个专制独裁统治者握有无限权力。 - An absolute ruler need not ask anyone for permission to do anything.
专制的统治者行事不需征询他人同意。 - Can an absolute ruler do just as he pleases?
独裁者就能为所欲为吗? - Power tends to corrupt and absolute power corrupts absolutely.
权力导致腐败,绝对的权力导致绝对的腐败。 - Gone forever are the days when the white man was the absolute master over many African countries.
白种人在许多非洲国家称王称霸的日子已经一去不复返了。 - Although prices are falling in absolute terms, energy is still expensive.
尽管能源的绝对售价在下降,但仍然昂贵。 - Beauty has no absolute standard.
美丽没有绝对的标准。 - There is no absolute standard for beauty.
美没有绝对的标准。 - Beauty cannot be measured by any absolute standard.
美是不可能用任何绝对标准来衡量的。 - Do you believe in absolute moral values?
你信不信绝对的道德观念? - Do you think there's such a thing as absolute beauty?
你认为有绝对的美这样的东西存在吗? - Health spending has increased in absolute terms, but not as a proportion of national income.
医疗花费绝对数目上有所增长,但在国民收入中所占的比例没有增长。 - Her contribution was better than most, but in absolute terms it was still rather poor.
她的稿件比大部分人的都好,但从绝对的角度来讲,还很不够。 - In absolute terms, wages have risen, but not in comparison with the cost of living.
从绝对意义上说,工资是提高了,但同生活费用相比较就不能这样说了。 - Is there such a thing as absolute truth?
有没有绝对真理这样的事物存在? - It is an absolute fact that the earth goes round the sun.
地球绕着太阳转是绝对的真理。 - The accused was given an absolute discharge because of new evidence.
由于有新的证据,被告被宣告无罪释放。 - He gave his very absolute approval.
他几乎无条件赞同。 - He taught us that the laws of physics were absolute.
他教导我们说,物理定律是不容置疑的。 - His power was absolute.
他的权力是不受限制的。 - The divorce became absolute last week.
离婚在上周已成定局。 - Right and wrong are, for her, moral absolutes.
她认为,是与非是道德上的绝对准则。 - Literature does not exist in some timeless absolute.
文学不能存在于一个不受时间限制的绝对条件之下。 - One cannot proceed on the basis of rigid absolutes, such as “divorce is always wrong”.
人们不能根据诸如“离婚总是错误”这样一些刻板的绝对原则行事。
用法讲解
- absolute的基本意思是“绝对的”,主要用于强调观点、情感或说法,即“十足的; 完全的; 纯粹的”“确实的; 毫无疑问的”; 也可指权威者不受制约地任意行使权力或权威,即“不受约束的; 专制独裁的”; 还可指不依赖其他事物而独立存在的,即“无条件的”,主要用于抽象事物,如时间、空间、量度等; 偶尔也可指“不掺杂异物的”。
- absolute在句中主要用作定语,偶尔也可用作表语。作“不容置疑的; 毫无疑问的”解时仅用于名词前;作“独立的; 绝对的”解时通常用于名词前。
- absolute表示极限意义,不用于比较等级,也不可用表示强调程度的very等副词修饰(有限定词修饰时例外),但是可用nearly等副词修饰。
- absolute用作名词时指的是其存在或特征等不受制于外界条件的、任何情况下都正确的绝对事物、思想或原理。
- absolute, arbitrary, tyrannical
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- 这组词都有“不受制约地行使权力或权威”的意思。其区别是:
- 1.从意思上说:absolute指“无条件的; 绝对的”,主要用于描述权威或权威者; arbitrary指“专横的; 任性的”,指按个人当时的意愿而不顾宪法和法律任意行使或滥用权力,强调随心所欲和个人私利; tyrannical指“专制的,暴君的”,强调滥用权力,苛求和压迫他人。
- 2.从使用范围上说:absolute可指一个人或一个集团; arbitrary指个人; tyrannical不指人,也不指政府,而指任何滥用权威的现象。
- 下面两个短语意思不同:
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- absolute alcohol
- 无水酒精
- pure alcohol
- 纯酒精(除含少量水外无其他杂质)
词源解说
- ☆ 14世纪晚期进入英语,直接源自拉丁语的absolutus,意为绝对的。
- absolute acceleration 绝对加速度
- absolute address 绝对地址
- absolute advantage 绝对优势; 绝对有利条件
- absolute alcohol 无水酒精
- absolute altitude 绝对高度
- absolute authority 绝对权威
- absolute ceiling 绝对升限
- absolute confidence 充满信心
- absolute construction 独立结构
- absolute denial 完全否定
- absolute difference in cost 成本绝对差
- absolute doctrine 不容置疑的学说
- absolute endorsement 绝对背书
- absolute ether 无水醚
- absolute fact 确切的事实
- absolute fool 十足的傻瓜
- absolute freedom 绝对自由
- absolute humidity 绝对湿度
- absolute ignorance 全然无知
- absolute impossible 绝对不可能
- absolute initiative 完全主动
- absolute law 不容置疑的法律
- absolute lie 弥天大谎
- absolute loyalty and devotion 绝对的忠心和热忱
- absolute magnitude 绝对星等
- absolute majority 绝对多数
- absolute monarchy 专制君主
- absolute music 纯音乐
- absolute necessity 绝对必要
- absolute nuisance 麻烦的事或人
- absolute obstacle 不可逾越的障碍
- absolute order to pay 简单支付指标
- absolute participle 独立分词
- absolute pitch 绝对音高
- absolute power 绝对权力
- absolute principle 不容置疑的准则
- absolute promise 无条件承诺
- absolute protection 确实的保障
- absolute purity 完全纯洁
- absolute refusal 断然拒绝
- absolute rule 绝对法则
- absolute ruler 独裁统治者
- absolute sale 无条件销售
- absolute silence 寂然无声
- absolute submission 绝对服从
- absolute temperature 绝对温度
- absolute term 绝对语词
- absolute title 绝对的不动产所有权
- absolute trust 绝对信任
- absolute truth 绝对真理
- absolute zero 绝对零度
- man of absolute discretion 绝对谨慎的人
- man of absolute evil 绝对邪恶的人
- man of absolute integrity 绝对正直的人
- class for absolute beginners 完全是初学者的班级
- woman of absolute honesty 绝对诚实的女人
- the absolute value of sb's work 某人作品的绝对价值
- the necessity for absolute secrecy 绝对守密的必要