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phenomenon

/fi-nom-uh-non, -nuhn/US // fɪˈnɒm əˌnɒn, -nən //UK // (fɪˈnɒmɪnən) //

现象

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    plural phe·nom·e·na [fi-nom-uh-nuh] /fɪˈnɒm ə nə/ or, especially for 3, phe·nom·e·nons.

    • : a fact, occurrence, or circumstance observed or observable: to study the phenomena of nature.
    • : something that is impressive or extraordinary.
    • : a remarkable or exceptional person; prodigy; wonder.
    • : Philosophy. an appearance or immediate object of awareness in experience.Kantianism.a thing as it appears to and is constructed by the mind, as distinguished from a noumenon, or thing-in-itself.

Synonyms & Antonyms

nounrare occurrence; wonder

Examples

  • The latter phenomenon was made famous in Miracle on the Hudson, the film starring Tom Hanks that recounted pilot Chesley Sullenberger’s emergency landing on the Hudson River.

  • The patterns that Lendner, Voytek and others look for are related to a phenomenon that scientists started noticing in complex systems throughout the natural world and technology in 1925.

  • I’d anticipate there will be some slowing for Peloton and other brands when vaccines make returning to gyms a more widescale phenomenon.

  • In a year with few true cultural phenomena, the 1990s Bulls docuseries The Last Dance stands out as a series that really ought to be rewarded.

  • An oddity in some theorist’s equation points to a previously unknown phenomenon, which kicks off a search for evidence.

  • Putin, because of his acts in Ukraine, he lost Russkiy Mir as a phenomenon.

  • But the phenomenon of counterfeiting is as old as couture itself.

  • Within a few summer weeks, “Hot N—” had become an inescapable pop-culture phenomenon and Bobby landed a major record deal.

  • That phenomenon is not limited to peaceniks with spiritual aspirations.

  • This is a well-documented phenomenon which does not worry specialists.

  • In a warlike age this peacefulness of a monarch was the great and supernatural phenomenon.

  • This indeed does happen constantly on a small scale in the familiar phenomenon of over-production.

  • When applied to the diagnosis of typhoid fever, the phenomenon is known as the Widal reaction.

  • This curious phenomenon was also witnessed by the French in Geographe Bay.

  • In all savage races it has been recognised and dreaded, this phenomenon styled 'Wehr Wolf,' but to-day it is rare.