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单词 ology
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Definition of ology in English:

ology

nounPlural ologies ˈɒlədʒiˈɑlədʒi
humorous, informal
  • A subject of study; a branch of knowledge.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Graphology, Beck told me, is ‘the most precise of the ‘ologies’ ‘, but has a problem in the test that McIntosh had suggested we perform, because ‘99 percent of persons in the U.K. are not in the right jobs.’
    • Courses in some universities were offered in these ‘ologies,’ and degrees were awarded.
    • Questions are divided into categories such as Astronomy, Physics, Chemistry, Biology and Computer Science and will feature some rather ‘exotic’ rounds of questions which usually includes an ‘‘ologies’ round.
    • All the rituals were observed, we talked of our pasts, and the cosmos and all its ologies was deeply explored.
    • ‘‘Isms’ and ‘ologies’,’ Magdalena said dryly, ‘Have we enough of them?’
    • Pathology is the study of diseases but, like many ologies (ideology, biology, epistemology etc), it has come to refer to the object of study itself.
    • Dottle's not only a sailor and kayaker but also a naturalist who has studied ornithology, hydrology, ‘and a bunch of other ologies,’ he says with a smile.
    • I'm sensitive, but I'm not a psychic, nor do I ever aspire to be, and I don't believe in things like iridology, or most of the other ologies, and crystals are just pretty things.
    • I believe the battle against bad ideology and bad theology (fill in additional ‘ologies’) is for better or worse fought out in those realms.
    • All this ology and itis is so off-putting, not to mention grim HIV warnings all the time.
    • The medical pedagogues of my day were far too busy hammering anatomy, physiology, pharmacology and all the other ‘ologies’ into our unwilling skulls, so that ‘unimportant’ bits like stress were not covered.
    • Well you've learned a lot from the ‘ologies that you studied: sociology, anthropology, and psychology, where religion is a kind of man-made myth that compensates for the have-nots.

Derivatives

  • ologist

  • noun
    humorous, informal
    • Not being a botanical person, not being in fact an ‘ologist’ of any kind, I'd never given much thought to how botanical collections came into being.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Maybe these ‘ologists are speaking out of the back of their stethoscopes.
      • The various ‘ologists’ are still fighting about which came first, the conscious music making or the aural invitation ‘I say, would you like the next dance?’
      • When I moved from this ivory tower to Fleet Street I was somewhat taken aback at the ‘any ologist will do’ attitude when obtaining quotes for a story - although I soon became aware of the time constraints that made this necessary.
      • Anyway an ologist would only tell him that his power tool was functioning admirably.
      • Of course cases like this would be nothing without the ‘ologists ‘or expert witnesses.’
      • The panel consisted of a clairvoyant, an astrologer, a numerologist, and two other people who called themselves some ‘ologists’ - they have weird names.
      • Well, those are the sort of things you need: you need more ologists and of course always financial support.
      • This enlightened point of view has meanwhile been abandoned, and under the influence of the ologists, the child is defined as totally devoid of sexual desires, at least where adults are concerned.
 
 

Definition of ology in US English:

ology

nounˈäləjēˈɑlədʒi
humorous, informal
  • A subject of study; a branch of knowledge.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • All this ology and itis is so off-putting, not to mention grim HIV warnings all the time.
    • Pathology is the study of diseases but, like many ologies (ideology, biology, epistemology etc), it has come to refer to the object of study itself.
    • ‘‘Isms’ and ‘ologies’,’ Magdalena said dryly, ‘Have we enough of them?’
    • All the rituals were observed, we talked of our pasts, and the cosmos and all its ologies was deeply explored.
    • Courses in some universities were offered in these ‘ologies,’ and degrees were awarded.
    • Questions are divided into categories such as Astronomy, Physics, Chemistry, Biology and Computer Science and will feature some rather ‘exotic’ rounds of questions which usually includes an ‘‘ologies’ round.
    • The medical pedagogues of my day were far too busy hammering anatomy, physiology, pharmacology and all the other ‘ologies’ into our unwilling skulls, so that ‘unimportant’ bits like stress were not covered.
    • Graphology, Beck told me, is ‘the most precise of the ‘ologies’ ‘, but has a problem in the test that McIntosh had suggested we perform, because ‘99 percent of persons in the U.K. are not in the right jobs.’
    • I believe the battle against bad ideology and bad theology (fill in additional ‘ologies’) is for better or worse fought out in those realms.
    • Well you've learned a lot from the ‘ologies that you studied: sociology, anthropology, and psychology, where religion is a kind of man-made myth that compensates for the have-nots.
    • Dottle's not only a sailor and kayaker but also a naturalist who has studied ornithology, hydrology, ‘and a bunch of other ologies,’ he says with a smile.
    • I'm sensitive, but I'm not a psychic, nor do I ever aspire to be, and I don't believe in things like iridology, or most of the other ologies, and crystals are just pretty things.
 
 
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