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单词 overdetermine
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Definition of overdetermine in English:

overdetermine

verb əʊvədɪˈtəːmɪnˌōvərdəˈtərmən
[with object]technical
  • Determine, account for, or cause (something) in more than one way or with more conditions than are necessary.

    〈技〉在多方面决定(或造成),用过多的条件决定(或造成)

    direct control overdetermines prices
    Example sentencesExamples
    • The dominant-submissive interplay which the playwright labours to construct in words is massively overdetermined by the director-editor's unimaginative choice of shots.
    • It is becoming increasingly clear that this argument, while right overall, significantly overdetermined the role of technology.
    • The current condition of the rangelands was overdetermined by a complex web of factors, all in interaction with one another, and in which environmental factors were but one component.
    • But this powerful stage image of breaking glass is overdetermined with other significations as well.
    • Their identities were overdetermined by these interests and concerns, and resistance cannot capture the full range of either their intent or their actions.

Derivatives

  • overdetermination

  • noun ˈ-neɪʃ(ə)n
    technical
    • The strongest intuitive objection against overdetermination is clearly stated by Mills, who is himself a defender of overdetermination.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Yet the overdetermination of the heroine's suffering combined with stereotypically ‘poetic’ cinematography conspires to reinforce exactly these ideas of transnational political tourism.
      • Difficult legal problems arise in certain cases of overdetermination, often termed those of ‘overtaking causes’ or ‘causal preemption’.
      • Yet without some kind of broader guidance, the composition pedagogy course will remain at risk for the same kind of overdetermination that first-year composition faced (and still faces in many situations).
      • It's called overdetermination - they are all reasons, but you can't tell which combination is the right one.

Definition of overdetermine in US English:

overdetermine

verbˌōvərdəˈtərmən
[with object]technical
  • Determine, account for, or cause (something) in more than one way or with more conditions than are necessary.

    〈技〉在多方面决定(或造成),用过多的条件决定(或造成)

    every gesture is overdetermined by cultural form, personal biography, historical contingency, and so on
    Example sentencesExamples
    • The dominant-submissive interplay which the playwright labours to construct in words is massively overdetermined by the director-editor's unimaginative choice of shots.
    • But this powerful stage image of breaking glass is overdetermined with other significations as well.
    • It is becoming increasingly clear that this argument, while right overall, significantly overdetermined the role of technology.
    • Their identities were overdetermined by these interests and concerns, and resistance cannot capture the full range of either their intent or their actions.
    • The current condition of the rangelands was overdetermined by a complex web of factors, all in interaction with one another, and in which environmental factors were but one component.
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