a priori

短语

由因及果的, 演绎的, 先验的 [法] 公理的, 自明的

发音

UK /ˌɑː pɹiˈɔːɹi/
其它
UK /ˌeɪ pɹaɪˈɔːɹaɪ/
US /ˌɑ pɹiˈoɹi/
US /ˌæ pɹiˈoɹi/
US /ˌeɪ pɹiˈoɹi/
US /ˌeɪ pɹaɪˈoɹaɪ/

词形变化

more a priori 比较级 most a priori 最高级

别名

apriori

释义与例句

adj.
  1. 1.

    Self-evident, intuitively obvious.

  2. 2.

    Presumed without analysis.

  3. 3.

    Based on hypothesis and theory rather than experiment or empirical evidence.

    先验

    数学 哲学

    In his opening argument, the student mentioned nothing beyond his a priori knowledge.

  4. 4.

    Developed entirely from scratch, without deriving it from existing languages.

    语言学
adv.
  1. 1.

    In a way based on theoretical deduction rather than empirical observation.

    先验

    数学 哲学

词汇关系

形容词

反义词 1

a posteriori

近义相关 2

theoretical theoretic

参见 3

analytical deductive analytic
副词

反义词 1

a posteriori

词源

First attested in 1610. Learned borrowing from Medieval Latin ā priōrī (“involving reasoning from cause to effect; from first principles”, literally “from the former”).

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