agnostic

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托马斯·亨利·赫胥黎在1870年造出。源自古希腊语 ἄγνωστος (ágnōstos, 无知的,不知道的),或源自a- +‎ Gnostic,派生自古希腊语 ἀ- (a-, ) + γιγνώσκω (gignṓskō, 知道)

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agnostic (比较级 more agnostic最高级 most agnostic)

  1. 不可知论
    • 1889, Thomas Henry Huxley, Agnosticism[1]:
      In matters of the intellect do not pretend that conclusions are certain which are not demonstrated or demonstrable. That I take to be the agnostic faith, which if a man keep whole and undefiled, he shall not be ashamed to look the universe in the face, whatever the future may have in store for him.
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    His agnostic viewpoint is summarized in his book.
    他的不可知论观点在著作中得到总结。
  2. 存在表示怀疑
    She left the church when she became agnostic.
    她开始怀疑神的存在后,便退出了教会。
  3. (计算机) 无关的,不依赖的,中立的,独立
    The socket communications layer is agnostic with regard to its underlying transport mechanism -- it is “transport-agnostic”.
    套接字通信层与其底层的传输机制无关——它是“传输独立”的。
  4. (一般与介词短语连用) 对事情没有坚定立场/意见的
    I'm agnostic on whether ethanol is a green fuel.
    我不清楚乙醇到底是不是绿色燃料。
    He says he's agnostic concerning the Secretary's claims.
    他说对于国务卿的声明,他不知道如何评论。

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agnostic (复数 agnostics)

  1. 不可知论者
    • 1876 6月 1, Leslie Stephen, “An Agnostic's Apology”, 出自 The Forthnightly Review[2], 卷 25/19, 期 114,页号 840:
      The Agnostic is one who asserts—what no one denies—that there are limits to the sphere of human intelligence.
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    • 1953 11月 3, Bertrand Russell, “What is an Agnostic?”, 出自 Look[3]:
      An agnostic thinks it impossible to know the truth in matters such as God and the future life with which Christianity and other religions are concerned.
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    • 1985, Carl Sagan, Contact: a novel, New York: Simon and Schuster, →ISBN,页号 175:
      When I say I'm an agnostic, I only mean that the evidence isn't in. There isn't compelling evidence that God exists — at least your kind of god — and there isn't compelling evidence that he doesn't.
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源自法语 agnostique

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agnostic m (复数 agnostici)

  1. 不可知论者

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