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单词 goal-seeking
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goal-seeking
(a) Instrumental and objective (in sense 3a), as goal achievement, goal-directedness, goal orientation, etc.; goal-focused, goal-seeking, etc., adjectives.
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1897 A. Small tr. O. Thon in Amer. Jrnl. Sociol. 2 729 [Quoting A. E. F. Schäffle] The ‘goal-setting [Ger. zielsetzenden] interworking of a divine world substance’ must not be left out of account.
1926 W. McDougall in C. Murchison Psychologies of 1925 xii. 286 The demonstration of the inadequacy, the relative futility, of all attempts to ignore the purposive, the goal-seeking, nature of all behavior may best be taken from the mouth of the purposive behaviorist.
1949 A. Koestler Insight & Outlook xv. 214 All cultural achievements appear as ersatz formations for goal-inhibited sexuality.
1958 Times Lit. Suppl. 13 June 326/5 The essence of life consists in goal-seeking.
1962 N. W. Chamberlain Firm v. 71 Objectives which have been stated for a given subunit may be further broken down along functional lines within that unit, taking goal-focused planning farther and farther down the operational ladder.
1970 Psychiatry 33 362 A change from a patristic culture which values achievement, individual responsibility, goal-directedness, and rationality to a matristic culture which values feelings, intimacy, sensory experiences, and self-exploration.
1989 Jrnl. Royal Soc. Med. 82 545/2 Anger will be generated by an event that hinders need satisfaction or goal achievement but which seems surmountable given the perceived coping potential of the individual.
2010 Cape Times (Nexis) 19 Apr. 3 They [sc. entrepreneurs] need to have drive and goal orientation, energy and persistence, plus a willingness to take calculated risks.
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