transcendent
/trænˈsendənt/adjective
1
- beyond or above the range of normal or merely physical human experience超越的, 超常的:
the search for a transcendent level of knowledge.
对超凡知识水平的追求。
1.1
- surpassing the ordinary; exceptional卓越的; 特别的:
the conductor was described as a 'transcendent genius'.
这位指挥被誉为“杰出的天才”。
1.2
- (of God) existing apart from and not subject to the limitations of the material universe(上帝)超然的(指超越物质宇宙而存在)。常与IMMANENT相对。
2
- (in scholastic philosophy) higher than or not included in any of Aristotle's ten categories(经院哲学)超越(或不包含于亚里士多德的十个)范畴的, 超验的。
2.1
- (in Kantian philosophy) not realizable in experience(康德哲学)超验的。
派生词
transcendence
nountranscendency
nountranscendently
adverb词源
late Middle English: from Latin transcendent- 'climbing over', from the verb transcendere (see TRANSCEND).