【categorical】 - AEAS备考词汇

categorical

UK:  [.kætə'ɡɒrɪk(ə)l]

US:  [.kætə'ɡɔrɪk(ə)l]

adj.

1.〔逻〕直言的

2.明确的;直言的,断言的

3.绝对的,无条件的

4.干脆的

5.【哲学】范畴的

1 . And I maintain that the kind of formal moral obligation described in Kant's categorical imperative does not actually exist.
我主张在康德描述的绝对命令的形式道德义务事实上是不存在的。

2 . To be free, in the sense of autonomous, requires that I act not out of a hypothetical imperative but out of a categorical imperative.
为了获得自由，在自主的范畴内需要我的行为，不是出于“假言命令”，而是出于“定言命令”。

3 . Students are able to understand and apply the categorical data analysis.
学生能瞭解并应用类别资料分析。

4 . She instantly added, changing her sweet and ambiguous tone into a categorical and clear one, completely destroying my wishful thinking.
她随即补充一句，语调由甜蜜暧昧变得斩钉截铁明白无误，并彻底摧毁我的一厢情愿。

5 . Orders seem categorical in a way that considerations of self-interest do not.
命令似乎是无条件的，而对自身利益的关注并非如此。