| 单词 | theoretical |
| 释义 | theoretical (once / 872 pages) adj Something theoretical is concerned with theories and hypotheses — it's not necessarily based on real life or meant to be applied to real life. Theoretical things are based on theory and ideas, while practical ones are based on practice. Theoretical thinking can be really helpful when you're trying to imagine something or problem-solve, but your theories should always be tested out in the practical world. As philosopher Bertrand Russell said, “The theoretical understanding of the world, which is the aim of philosophy, is not a matter of great practical importance to animals, or to savages, or even to most civilized men.” WORD FAMILYtheoretical: theoretically+/theoretician: theoreticians/theorise: theorisation, theorised, theoriser, theorises, theorising/theoriser: theorisers/theorist: theorists/theorization: theorizations/theorize: theorization, theorized, theorizer, theorizes, theorizing/theorizer: theorizers/theory: theoretic, theoretical, theoretician, theories, theorise, theorist, theorize USAGE EXAMPLESInstead, more effort should be directed to developing new theoretical approaches to understanding gravity, he argues. The Guardian(Dec 31, 2016) “I learned a lot of theoretical stuff, but I was missing the practical side,” she said. New York Times(Dec 27, 2016) But Gonzalez started her graduate studies as a theoretical physicist and only later switched to experimental work, when she showed uncommon aptitude. Nature(Dec 18, 2016) 1adj concerned primarily with theories or hypotheses rather than practical considerations theoretical science Syn|Ant theoretic abstractive of an abstracting nature or having the power of abstracting a prioribased on hypothesis or theory rather than experiment conjectural, divinatory, hypothetic, hypothetical, supposed, suppositional, suppositious, supposititiousbased primarily on surmise rather than adequate evidence notional, speculativenot based on fact or investigation metaphysicalhighly abstract and overly theoretical theory-basedbased in theory rather than experiment empiric, empirical derived from experiment and observation rather than theory a posteriorirequiring evidence for validation or support confirmable, falsifiable, verifiablecapable of being tested (verified or falsified) by experiment or observation existential, experientialderived from experience or the experience of existence data-based, experimental, observationalrelying on observation or experiment experimentalof the nature of or undergoing an experiment semiempiricalrelying to some extent on observation or experiment trial-and-errortrying out various means or theories until error is satisfactorily reduced or eliminated 2adj concerned with theories rather than their practical applications theoretical physics Syn|Ant abstract dealing with a subject in the abstract without practical purpose or intention academichypothetical or theoretical and not expected to produce an immediate or practical result pureconcerned with theory and data rather than practice; opposed to applied applied concerned with concrete problems or data rather than with fundamental principles forensicused or applied in the investigation and establishment of facts or evidence in a court of law practicalhaving or put to a practical purpose or use |
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