| 釋義 |
teleology /eh'oladsi; zt£h'alad3i/ n theory, teaching, belief, that events and developments are due to the purpose or design that they are serving (as opposed to the mechanistic theory of the universe, → mechanisitic). (哲學(xué)上的) 宇宙目的論 (認(rèn)為事件的發(fā)生及演變,都有其目的的理論、教訓(xùn)或信仰,與宇宙機(jī)械論相反) 。 teleological /jelia'lodsikl; Jelia'ladjikl/ adj teleobogist /Jeh'oladsist; ztth-'aladjist/ n believer in ~. 宇宙目的論者。 |