| 释义 |
‖ pars pro toto|pɑːz prəʊ ˈtəʊtəʊ|
[L., = ‘a part for the whole’.]
A part considered as representative of the whole. Also attrib.
1702[see synecdochical a.]. 1958W. Stark Sociol. of Knowl. 156 The fallacy of pars pro toto—taking the part for the whole. 1965Eng. Stud. XLVI. 55 It is a pars pro toto figure, just as rand is used to refer not only to the metal border or ring round the wooden board but also to the shield as such. 1970Jrnl. Gen. Psychol. LXXXIII. 66 The tendency to combine areas of questionable form into strange or absurd entities or the pars pro toto effect. |