a potiori

形容词 adj.
中文释义

英文释义

形容词 adj.
  1. from the stronger or more important; according to the majority not-comparable
  2. The use of the more generic category (for agreement) with combinations of words from two or more selective categories (such as gender). For example Each boy or girl took his book., or in French Le manteau et la robe sont verts, mais les chaussures ne sont pas vertes. (The (masculine) coat and the (feminine) dress are (masculine plural) green, but the (feminine plural) shoes are not (feminine plural) green.) not-comparable
  3. From the most important. not-comparable
    — ... 40 embrace the period from Abraham's immigration into Canaan until the departure out of Egypt , and that the sacred writers call this the period of sojourn or servitude in Egypt a potiori , i . e . from its leading characteristic .

词源

Learned borrowing from Latin denominatio a potiori (“naming from the stronger”).
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