agnostic
n. 不可知论者
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A person who holds to a form of agnosticism, especially uncertainty of the existence of a deity.
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Doubtful or uncertain about the existence or demonstrability of God or other deity.
She left the church when she had become agnostic.
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Having no firmly held opinions on something.
非正式I'm agnostic on whether ethanol is a green fuel.
He says he's agnostic concerning the Secretary's claims.
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Of or relating to agnosticism or its adherents.
His agnostic viewpoint is summarized in his book.
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Unaware or noncommittal regarding the specific nature of the components or input with which it interacts.
计算机 工程 数学The socket communications layer is agnostic with regard to its underlying transport mechanism—it is “transport-agnostic”.
The software's registration key is platform agnostic and will work on both x86 and ARM processors.
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Coined by Thomas Henry Huxley in 1870. Either from Ancient Greek ἄγνωστος (ágnōstos, “ignorant, not knowing”), or from a- + Gnostic, deriving (either way) from Ancient Greek ἀ- (a-, “not”) + γιγνώσκω (gignṓskō, “I know”).
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