| 单词 | in principle |
| 释义 | > as lemmasin principle c. in principle: theoretically; in general but not necessarily in individual cases. Frequently opposed to in practice. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > belief > speculation > confirmation of hypothesis, theory > [adverb] > as opposed to in practice contemplatively1552 on paper1582 nominally1739 in principle1756 theoretically1790 unempirically1848 1756 E. Perronet Mitre i. xxxiv. 8 This refers..to such members of the Church of England, as, either in principle or practice, imitate too closely the bad example of their ancient mother the Church of Rome. 1820 G. Canning in Countess of Airlie Lady Palmerston (1922) I. vi. 102 So objectionable does it appear to them in principle as well as in practice. 1859 Palmerston in P. Guedalla Palmerston Papers (1928) 117 The First Method would evidently be the best in Principle. 1874 ‘G. Eliot’ Let. 15 July (1956) VI. 67 I am thoroughly opposed in principle (quite apart from any personal reference to myself) to the system of contemporary biography. 1932 Ann. Reg. 1931 295 These [proposals] were rejected by Washington, but the latter made a counter-proposal: that France accept the scheme ‘in principle’, and leave to a conference of technical experts those practical modifications which she desired. 1963 Richardson & Toynbee Thanatos 87 When we say that we know a thing it involves us in saying that it is, at least in principle, verifiable by the senses. 2005 New Yorker 28 Feb. 83/3 It had been an article of faith that, armed with logic, mathematicians could in principle resolve any conundrum. < as lemmas |
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