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If a thought, fear, or choice is irrational, it is not built on clear thinking. The feeling may be strong, but the reasons do not hold — or there are no real reasons, only a jump.
If a thought, fear, or choice如果一個想法、恐懼或選擇 is irrational不理性,it is not built on clear thinking就代表它不是建立在清楚的思考上。The feeling這種感覺 may be strong可能很強烈,but the reasons但理由 do not hold卻站不住腳——or there are no real reasons或根本沒有真正的理由,only a jump只是一個沒道理的跳躍。
A fear of a tiny harmless spider can be irrational: you know, if you stop, that it cannot hurt you, but the fear still runs.
A fear of a tiny harmless spider對一隻無害小蜘蛛的恐懼 can be irrational可能就是不理性的:you know你明知道,if you stop如果你停下來想,that it cannot hurt you它根本傷不了你,but the fear still runs但那份恐懼還是揮之不去。
People also call a sudden spend, or a sudden blame, irrational when it does not follow from the facts. The word is a little formal. In speech people often say “that doesn’t make sense” or “I wasn’t thinking straight.” It is not the same as stupid.
People人們 also call也會把 a sudden spend, or a sudden blame一次突然的花費、或一次突然的責怪 irrational叫做irrational(不理性),when it does not follow from the facts如果它不是照事實走的話。The word這個字 is a little formal有一點正式。In speech在口語裡 people often say人常會說"that doesn't make sense"這樣講不通 or"I wasn't thinking straight."我剛剛沒想清楚 It is not the same as stupid它跟stupid(笨)不一樣。
An irrational moment can happen to a careful person. You can call a fear irrational, a decision irrational, or, more sharply, a person irrational in that moment.
An irrational moment不理性的一刻 can happen to也可能發生在 a careful person一個很謹慎的人身上。You can call你可以說 a fear irrational一個恐懼是irrational的,a decision irrational一個決定是irrational的,or, more sharply或者更直接地,a person irrational in that moment說一個人在那一刻是irrational的。
組成From Latin irratiōnālis: ir- (not) + ratiōnālis (rational, based on reason).
同家族的字
- rationalthe opposite: based on reason
- rationalitythe noun of being rational
- reasonsame Latin root ratiō, meaning reason
原始詞典資料3 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法,原文照列,我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的;有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
irrationaladj/ɪˈɹæʃ.(ə.)nəl/
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Not rational; unfounded, nonsensical or wrong-headed.
- an irrational decision
- July 18, 2012, Scott Tobias, AV Club The Dark Knight Riseshttp://www.avclub.com/articles/the-dark-knight-rises-review-batman,82624/ Where the Joker preys on our fears of random, irrational acts of terror, Bane has an all-consuming, dictatorial agenda that’s more stable and permanent, a New World Order that’s been planned out with the precision of a military coup.
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arithmeticmathematicsnumber-theoryOf a real number, that cannot be written as the ratio of two integers.
- The number π is irrational.
irrationalnoun/ɪˈɹæʃ.(ə.)nəl/
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mathematicssciencesA real number that can not be expressed as the quotient of two integers, an irrational number.
- The square root of 2, which was the first irrational to be discovered, was known to the early Pythagoreans, and ingenious methods of approximating to its value were discovered.
資料來源:英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary(CC BY-SA 4.0)。 原文照列,未經改寫。