| 释义 |
discrepancy|dɪˈskrɛpənsɪ, ˈdɪskrɪpənsɪ|
[f. as prec. + -ancy.]
The quality of being discrepant; want of agreement; variance, difference, disagreement.
1623Cockeram, Discrepancie, disagreeing, difference. 1625Bp. R. Montagu App. Cæsar 147 There is..discrepancie of opinion among Divines both old and new. 1748J. Geddes Composition of Antients 13 Who again is not offended with discrepancy and discord? 1837Whewell Hist. Induct. Sc. (1857) II. 186 Their discrepancy as to quantity was considerable. 1868Freeman Norm. Conq. (1876) II. App. 617 There is little or no discrepancy as to the facts.
b. with a and pl. An instance of this; a difference, an inconsistency.
1627–77Feltham Resolves ii. xlvii. (R.) It would be evinced from these two seeming discrepancies. 1794Paley Evid. i. ix. §6. (1817) 249 Eusebius..wrote expressly upon the discrepancies observable in the Gospels. 1855H. Spencer Princ. Psychol. (1872) I. iv. ii. 410 Discrepancies between thoughts and facts. 1875Jowett Plato (ed. 2) IV. 515 Some discrepancies may be observed between the mythology of the Politicus and the Timaeus. |