agnostic

名词 n. 形容词 adj.
中文释义
英 /aɡˈnɒstɪk/    美 /æɡˈnɑstɪk/|/æɡˈnɔstɪk/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A person who holds to a form of agnosticism, especially uncertainty of the existence of a deity.
    — The Agnostic is one who asserts—what no one denies—that there are limits to the sphere of human intelligence.
形容词 adj.
  1. Doubtful or uncertain about the existence or demonstrability of God or other deity.
    — She left the church when she had become agnostic.
  2. Having no firmly held opinions on something. informal,usually
    — I'm agnostic on whether ethanol is a green fuel.
  3. Of or relating to agnosticism or its adherents.
    — His agnostic viewpoint is summarized in his book.
  4. Unaware or noncommittal regarding the specific nature of the components or input with which it interacts.
    — The socket communications layer is agnostic with regard to its underlying transport mechanism—it is “transport-agnostic”.

词形变化

more agnostic comparative most agnostic superlative agnostics plural

词汇关系

下位词
view agnostic
衍生词
agnostically agnosticize antiagnostic anti-agnostic language-agnostic location-agnostic nonagnostic vendor agnostic vendor-agnostic
相关词
agnosia agnosticism agnosy apatheism gnostic ignostic ignosticism

词源

词源 1
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”).
词源 2
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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