下定义 [
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define
determine a definition
- 给一个词下定义要比举例说明它的用法困难得多。
- 政府不愿意对什么是不称职家长下定义,这也削弱了此项政策。
The government's unwillingness to pass judgment on bad parents also weakens this approach. - 亚里士多德的表述堵塞了根据客观规律和历史过程给社会下定义的可能性。
Aristotle's formulations blocked the possibility of defining society in terms of objective laws and historical processes.