a priori / ˌeɪ praɪˈɔr aɪ, -ˈoʊr aɪ, ˌeɪ priˈɔr i, -ˈoʊr i, ˌɑ priˈɔr i, -ˈoʊr i /

先验先验的预先事先

a priori 的定义

adj. 形容词 adjective
  1. from a general law to a particular instance; valid independently of observation.Compare a posteriori.
  2. existing in the mind prior to and independent of experience, as a faculty or character trait.Compare a posteriori.
  3. not based on prior study or examination; nonanalytic: an a priori judgment.

a priori 近义词

adv. 副词 adverb

deducing from general principle

更多a priori例句

  1. There’s no a priori reason why this should be pleasurable—the way other drives like hunger and thirst yield pleasure because they keep us alive.
  2. ROME — What does it take for a Hollywood A-lister to get a private audience with Pope Francis?
  3. Yes, Byrd—dead four-and-a-half years now—was a Kleagle in the Ku Klux Klan.
  4. By the time it concluded with a sing-a-long of “XO,” Beyoncé had done the rare thing.
  5. In another year, stories about the strange new face of an A-list actress might draw chortles and cackles.
  6. Because Duck Dynasty receives monster TV ratings and Robertson paid by a company (A&E) while making these public statements.
  7. Now-a-days it is the bankrupt who flouts, and his too confiding creditors who are jeered and laughed at.
  8. He felt himself the meanest, vilest thing a-crawl upon this sinful earth, and she—dear God!
  9. All that scientific bric-a-brac in the cupboard had far better be thrown away.
  10. Urinary sediments may be studied under three heads: A. Unorganized sediments.
  11. I knowed, a-course, that I could go kick up a fuss when Simpson stopped by his office on his trip back from Goldstone.