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单词 supervene
释义
supervene
verb[I]
formal
uk
/ˌsuː.pəˈviːn/us
/ˌsuː.pɚˈviːn/
tohappenin themiddleof asituationthat alreadyexists, andchangethatsituation:
随后发生；接替，取代
Alimitedlifeexpectancycanincludeplenty ofactivitieswithlotsofliving, untildying(ordeath) supervenes.有限的预期寿命可以容纳大量的生命活动，直到死亡来临。
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Occurring and happening
  • afoot
  • asynchronous
  • attendant
  • be at workidiom
  • become
  • eventuate
  • fall
  • fall into placeidiom
  • follow on
  • go hand in hand withsomethingidiom
  • go on
  • pass
  • result
  • resynchronize
  • roll
  • roll around
  • shake out
  • succeed
  • sync
  • turn
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(Definition ofsupervenefrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofsupervene

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The second thesis expresses the well-known meta-ethical view that all moral propertiessuperveneon non-moral properties.
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My goal is not really to convince the reader that unity and independence are values whichsuperveneon the qualitative properties.
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The obvious way to avoid the paradox is to argue that fairness does notsuperveneon individual outcomes but on lotteries.
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But they can conflict, and when they do (as in our case) we have to decide which is tosupervene.
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Any appeals to a higher logic must show that the conceptual addenda is indeed part of a higher logic, not merely supervening presuppositions.
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An alternative would say that the meaning is a property that necessarily supervenes on the structure of anything as complex as a human life.
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So why does he believe that macro entitiessuperveneon micro entities?
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If these properties were to be reduced to or otherwisesuperveneupon underlying physical properties, then there would indeed be a mystery.
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It is assumed here that moral features stronglysuperveneon non-moral features.
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And abstract meanings might surelysuperveneupon such processes.
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It also permits nonreduction, given the distinctness of the supervening properties from the base properties.
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He wants (see sect. 1.1) "narrow" supervenience, where the supervening properties of some entity mustsuperveneon its internal, or intrinsic properties.
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I do not see how the macro couldsuperveneon the micro in any stronger sense than this.
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Furthermore, there is good reason to believe that important sorts of intrinsic valuesuperveneon the qualitative properties.
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The fairness willsuperveneon these references.
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