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platonic

/pluh-ton-ik, pley-/US // pləˈtɒn ɪk, pleɪ- //UK // (pləˈtɒnɪk) //

柏拉图式的,柏拉图式,排他性的,排他性

Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : of, relating to, or characteristic of Plato or his doctrines: the Platonic philosophy of ideal forms.
    • : pertaining to, involving, or characterized by Platonic love as a striving toward love of spiritual or ideal beauty.
    • : purely spiritual; free from sensual desire, especially in a relationship between two persons of different sexes.
    • : feeling or professing platonic love: He insisted that he was completely platonic in his admiration.

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Examples

  • Reality as ConsciousnessThis view can be seen as a middle way between the Platonic and Aristotelian tradition.

  • Only the unworldly could still think this was, at its worst, only an unseemly platonic relationship rather than a serious bonding.

  • In high school, Tsukuru was one of five platonic but intimate friends who did everything together and thought as one.

  • She uses the celebrations of holy matrimony as a way to chronicle her own relationships, both romantic and platonic.

  • But when pressed on the nature of their relationship—which Stiviano has characterized as platonic—Sterling clammed up.

  • I remembered the usual termination of Platonic liaisons, and thought how disgusted I had been whenever I heard of one.

  • True, she had taken a lively interest in all her brother's curates, but it was always a professional interest and purely Platonic.

  • The two minds, not hearts, were at once united; but this platonic union soon led to one more tender.

  • The single bright ray across her life was an absolutely platonic love for her cousin Charles Grandet.

  • This is obviously the Platonic doctrine of two right keys, holding the mean between high and low.

  • The manner in which Aristides introduces his information about the Platonic Modes is highly suspicious.

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