| 释义 |
contextual, a.|kənˈtɛkstjuːəl|
[mod. f. L. contextu-s + -al1, after textual which goes back to 17th c.]
a. Of or belonging to the context; depending only on the context.
1812–29S. T. Coleridge Lit. Rem. III. 113 To the contempt or neglect of the literal and contextual sense. 1858Gladstone Homer III. 229 The word Troes..is sometimes confined strictly to the inhabitants of the city: but..perhaps always with contextual indications that such is the sense. 1887Academy 5 Mar., I would not use them as a final appeal on the passage in question, for they are not contextual to it. Mod. The meaning assigned to the word here is merely contextual.
b. Philos. contextual definition = definition in use (see definition 4 c).
1934W. V. Quine Syst. Logistic xiv. 141 We escape the technical complications of contextual definition. 1944M. Weitz in Schilpp Philos. B. Russell 117 The best example of analysis as contextual definition in Russell..is his analysis of definite descriptions. |