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单词 conditionable
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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024
con•di•tion /kənˈdɪʃən/USA pronunciation   n. 
  1. a particular way of being;
    particular state of existing:[countable]Your car is in poor condition.
  2. Medicine state of health:[uncountable]He is in no condition to run in the marathon.
  3. Pathology, Informal Terms[countable] an abnormal or diseased state of the body: suffered from a hereditary heart condition.
  4. social position:[countable]A person of your condition can't expect to marry a member of the nobility.
  5. Usually, conditions. [plural] existing circumstances:[countable]poor living conditions.
  6. [countable] a circumstance that restricts or limits: A tornado can happen only under certain conditions.
  7. something demanded as a necessary or essential part of an agreement;
    stipulation:[countable* often: on (+ modifier) + ~]I'll go on the condition that you'll come too. The conditions and terms of this contract are confusing.

v. [+ object]
  1. to put in a healthy, fit, or proper state;
    prepare, such as by training:Constant exercise conditioned him for the race.
  2. [+ oneself] to accustom (oneself) to something: He had conditioned himself to the cold.
  3. to influence the opinions or actions of (another):[+ object + to + verb]The hypnotist had conditioned him to twitch his hand whenever he had feelings of inadequacy.
  4. to apply a conditioner to: to condition one's hair.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
con•di•tion  (kən dishən),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. a particular mode of being of a person or thing;
    existing state;
    situation with respect to circumstances.
  2. Medicinestate of health:He was reported to be in critical condition.
  3. fit or requisite state:to be out of condition; to be in no condition to run.
  4. social position:in a lowly condition.
  5. a restricting, limiting, or modifying circumstance:It can happen only under certain conditions.
  6. a circumstance indispensable to some result;
    prerequisite;
    that on which something else is contingent:conditions of acceptance.
  7. Usually, conditions. existing circumstances:poor living conditions.
  8. something demanded as an essential part of an agreement;
    provision;
    stipulation:He accepted on one condition.
  9. Law
    • a stipulation in an agreement or instrument transferring property that provides for a change consequent on the occurrence or nonoccurrence of a stated event.
    • the event upon which this stipulation depends.
  10. Pathology, Informal Terms[Informal.]an abnormal or diseased state of part of the body:heart condition; skin condition.
  11. Education[U.S. Educ.]
    • Educationa requirement imposed on a college student who fails to reach the prescribed standard in a course at the end of the regular period of instruction, permitting credit to be established by later performance.
    • Educationthe course or subject to which the requirement is attached.
  12. Grammarprotasis.
  13. Philosophy[Logic.]the antecedent of a conditional proposition.
  14. Informal Terms, Idioms on or upon condition that, with the promise or provision that;
    provided that;
    if:She accepted the position on condition that there would be opportunity for advancement.

v.t. 
  1. to put in a fit or proper state.
  2. to accustom or inure:to condition oneself to the cold.
  3. Energyto air-condition.
  4. to form or be a condition of;
    determine, limit, or restrict as a condition.
  5. to subject to particular conditions or circumstances:Her studies conditioned her for her job.
  6. Education[U.S. Educ.]to impose a condition on (a student).
  7. to test (a commodity) to ascertain its condition.
  8. to make (something) a condition;
    stipulate.
  9. Animal Behavior[Psychol.]to establish a conditioned response in (a subject).
  10. [Textiles.]
    • to test (fibers or fabrics) for the presence of moisture or other foreign matter.
    • to replace moisture lost from (fibers or fabrics) in manipulation or manufacture.

v.i. 
  1. to make conditions.
  • Latin condiciōn- (stem of condiciō) agreement, equivalent. to con- con- + dic- say (see dictate) + -iōn- -ion; spelling, spelled with t by influence of Late Latin or Medieval Latin forms; compare French condition
  • Anglo-French; Old French
  • Middle English condicioun 1275–1325
con•dition•a•ble, adj. 
    • 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged See state. 
    • 8.See corresponding entry in Unabridged requirement, proviso.

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