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单词 prescind
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Definition of prescind in English:

prescind

verb prɪˈsɪndpriˈsɪnd
[no object]prescind fromformal
  • 1Leave out of consideration.

    〈正式〉略去;不考虑

    such traditionalists have prescinded from novel practices and attitudes
    Example sentencesExamples
    • After all, Christians cannot prescind from capitalism.
    • There are tremendously significant issues, and this doesn't prescind from making a judgment on people's personalities.
    • Here is an opportunity to prescind from emotion and think critically about a very important subject.
    • In identifying defeaters that our evidence must eliminate if we are to claim knowledge, the more we prescind from practical considerations, the wider we cast our net.
    • To prescind from these features, however, is to forfeit the autonomy of concrete individuals that must, as I argued, be the starting point for determining how we should act in these cases.
    1. 1.1with object Detach or separate from something.
      割裂;使脱离
      his is an idea entirely prescinded from all of the others

      他的想法和其他人所有的是完全脱离的。

      Example sentencesExamples
      • We can react to it and then prescind it from what we experience.

Origin

Mid 17th century (in the sense 'cut off abruptly or prematurely'): from Latin praescindere, from prae 'before' + scindere 'to cut'.

Rhymes

downwind, Lind, rescind, Sind, upwind, wind

Definition of prescind in US English:

prescind

verbpriˈsɪndprēˈsind
[no object]prescind fromformal
  • 1Leave out of consideration.

    〈正式〉略去;不考虑

    we have prescinded from many vexing issues

    我们略去了许多令人烦恼的问题。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Here is an opportunity to prescind from emotion and think critically about a very important subject.
    • After all, Christians cannot prescind from capitalism.
    • In identifying defeaters that our evidence must eliminate if we are to claim knowledge, the more we prescind from practical considerations, the wider we cast our net.
    • To prescind from these features, however, is to forfeit the autonomy of concrete individuals that must, as I argued, be the starting point for determining how we should act in these cases.
    • There are tremendously significant issues, and this doesn't prescind from making a judgment on people's personalities.
    1. 1.1with object Cut off or separate from something.
      割裂;使脱离
      his is an idea entirely prescinded from all of the others

      他的想法和其他人所有的是完全脱离的。

      Example sentencesExamples
      • We can react to it and then prescind it from what we experience.

Origin

Mid 17th century (in the sense ‘cut off abruptly or prematurely’): from Latin praescindere, from prae ‘before’ + scindere ‘to cut’.

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