| 释义 |
redeˈfine, v.
[re- 5 a.]
To define again.
1872W. Minto Eng. Prose Lit. Introd. 14 One of the ancient terms it might be well to revive and redefine. 1881Russell Haigs v. 97 A jury..to re-define the marches. 1946Nature 14 Dec. 885/1 Since inequality in the number of filaments in Spirographis was the only positive character distinguishing it from Sabella, that distinction is no longer valid, and both should be united under Sabella, as re⁓defined. 1951R. Firth Elem. Social Organiz. v. 163 Let us..re-define the notion of primitive. 1964Ann. Reg. 1963 231 A Trades Union Council re-defined the duties of unions on 3 July. 1979Listener 16 Aug. 212/3 The many attempts..to get round the decline of religion and worship by re⁓defining them in various Pickwickian senses.
So redefiˈnition; hence redefiˈnitional a.
1865Masson Rec. Brit. Philos. 106 The whole tenor of his labours was towards an assertion, purification, and redefinition of Transcendentalism. 1944J. S. Huxley On Living in Revolution 13 A re⁓definition of the status of colonies. 1949Mind LVIII. 146 It will be convenient to call a statement in which a word is used in a high or in a low sense a redefinitional statement. 1956Nature 25 Feb. 370/2 Many, and perhaps all, scientific advances involve the re-definition of terms. 1970S. L. Barraclough in I. L. Horowitz Masses in Lat. Amer. iv. 125 Another effect of changing technology is to force a redefinition of the traditional relations between peasants and management. 1977New Society 5 May 225/1 There is a very close concern with the meanings of words and their definition or re-definition. |