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单词 telic
释义 telic
\ˈtelik, ˈtēl-\ adjective
Etymology: Greek telikos final, from tel- tel- (II) + -ikos -ic
1. : tending toward an end : purposive, teleological
 < the writing is always telic, never a mere stream of consciousness — R.D.Ellmann >
 < the mind … becomes telic, thus enabling mankind to pass from passive to active evolutionary processes, and from natural to human or social evolution — J.Q.Dealey >
 < a linguistic change is not telic: it does not work for the benefit of the system; on the contrary it disrupts it — R.S.Wells >
2. : perfective 2 — contrasted with atelic
teli·cal \-lə̇kəl\ adjective
teli·cal·ly \-lə̇k(ə)lē\ adverb
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