empiric

n. 经验主义者, 江湖医生 [医] 经验主义的, 江湖医

发音

US /ɛmˈpɪɹɪk/

词形变化

empirics 复数 empirics

别名

empyric empirick

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A member of a sect of ancient physicians who based their theories solely on experience.

    历史
  2. 2.

    Someone who is guided by empiricism; an empiricist.

  3. 3.

    Any unqualified or dishonest practitioner; a charlatan; a quack.

    An empiric oftentimes, and a silly chirurgeon, doth more strange cures than a rational physician.

adj.
  1. 1.

    Empirical.

词汇关系

形容词

同义词 1

empirical

近义相关 10

experimental existential observational verifiable a posteriori confirmable databased experiential falsifiable semiempirical

词源

From Old French empirique, from Latin empiricus, from Ancient Greek ἐμπειρικός (empeirikós, “experienced”), from ἐμπειρία (empeiría, “experience, mere experience or practice without knowledge, especially in medicine, empiricism”), from ἔμπειρος (émpeiros, “experienced or practised in”), from ἐν (en, “in”) + πεῖρα (peîra, “a trial, experiment, attempt”). Not related to empire.

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