a priori

形容词 adj. 副词 adv.
中文释义
英 /ˌɑː pɹiˈɔːɹi/|/ˌeɪ pɹaɪˈɔːɹaɪ/    美 /ˌɑ pɹiˈoɹi/|/ˌæ pɹiˈoɹi/|/ˌeɪ pɹiˈoɹi/|/ˌeɪ pɹaɪˈoɹaɪ/

英文释义

形容词 adj.
  1. Self-evident, intuitively obvious.
  2. Presumed without analysis.
  3. Based on hypothesis and theory rather than experiment or empirical evidence.
    — In his opening argument, the student mentioned nothing beyond his a priori knowledge.
  4. Developed entirely from scratch, without deriving it from existing languages.
    — Conlangers can also create a priori languages, which have no basis in existing languages. You might be familiar with more a priori conlangs than you think: The Klingon language from the television series “Star Trek,” the Na’vi language from the movie “Avatar,” and the Dothraki language from the television series “Game of Thrones” are all examples of a priori languages.
副词 adv.
  1. In a way based on theoretical deduction rather than empirical observation.

词形变化

more a priori comparative most a priori superlative apriori alternative more a priori comparative most a priori superlative apriori alternative

词汇关系

近义词
deductive
反义词
a posteriori
衍生词
apriorism apriorist aprioristic apriority
相关词
a fortiori

词源

词源 1
First attested in 1610. Learned borrowing from Medieval Latin ā priōrī (“involving reasoning from cause to effect; from first principles”, literally “from the former”).
词源 2
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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