| 单词 | a priori |
| 释义 | a priori (once / 3794 pages) adjadv A priori literally means "from before." If you know how many red, white, and blue gum balls are in the gum ball machine, this a priori knowledge can help you predict the color of the next ones to be dispensed. In Latin a priori means “what comes first.” A priori understandings are the assumptions that come before the rest of the assessment, argument, or analysis. If you are making an argument that pre-school children who are read to at home by family members come to school better prepared to learn, the a priori understanding is that children learn by hearing before they are able to read. WORD FAMILYa priori USAGE EXAMPLESAbstraction taps bottom-up thinking, requiring little to no a priori knowledge. Salon(Dec 18, 2016) Even if this happens, there is no a priori reason to expect this community to cause more harm when using it than anyone else. Nature(Mar 08, 2016) It presents a powerful stance against traditionalism, essentialism and the concept of a priori truth that I have, basically, embraced and built my thinking around. The Guardian(Nov 25, 2015) 1adj involving deductive reasoning from a general principle to a necessary effect; not supported by fact an a priori judgment Syn|Ant analytic, analytical of a proposition that is necessarily true independent of fact or experience deductiveinvolving inferences from general principles a posteriori involving reasoning from facts or particulars to general principles or from effects to causes synthetic, syntheticalof a proposition whose truth value is determined by observation or facts inductiveof reasoning; proceeding from particular facts to a general conclusion 2adj based on hypothesis or theory rather than experiment Syn theoretic, theoretical concerned primarily with theories or hypotheses rather than practical considerations 3adv derived by logic, without observed facts Ant a posteriori derived from observed facts |
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