英汉词典

agnostic 基本解释

• n. 不可知论者
• adj. 不可知论的

agnostic 词态变化

agnostic 中文词源

前缀a-, 非， 没有。词根gn, 知道，同can, know. 此处用于宗教义，认为上帝不存在。

agnostic 英文词源

agnostic

agnostic: [19] Agnostic is an invented word. It was coined by the English biologist and religious sceptic T H Huxley (1825–95) to express his opposition to the views of religious gnostics of the time, who claimed that the world of the spirit (and hence God) was knowable (gnostic comes ultimately from Greek gnōsis ‘knowledge’). With the addition of the Greek-derived prefix a- ‘not’ Huxley proclaimed the ultimate unknowability of God.

The circumstances of the coinage, or at least of an early instance of the word’s use by its coiner, were recorded by R H Hutton, who was present at a party held by the Metaphysical Society in a house on Clapham Common in 1869 when Huxley suggested agnostic, basing it apparently on St Paul’s reference to the altar of ‘the Unknown God’.

agnostic (n.)

1870, "one who professes that the existence of a First Cause and the essential nature of things are not and cannot be known" [Klein]; coined by T.H. Huxley (1825-1895), supposedly in September 1869, from Greek agnostos "unknown, unknowable," from a- "not" + gnostos "(to be) known" (see gnostic). Sometimes said to be a reference to Paul's mention of the altar to "the Unknown God," but according to Huxley it was coined with reference to the early Church movement known as Gnosticism (see Gnostic).

I ... invented what I conceived to be the appropriate title of 'agnostic,' ... antithetic to the 'Gnostic' of Church history who professed to know so much about the very things of which I was ignorant. [T.H. Huxley, "Science and Christian Tradition," 1889]

The adjective is first recorded 1870.

agnostic 英文释义

1. a person who doubts truth of religion

agnostic 双语例句

1. Vasari claimed with horror that he was, if not an atheist, then an agnostic.

瓦萨里惊恐地说他若非无神论者，就是不可知论者。

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2. You grew up in an agnostic household and have never been able to bring yourself to believe in God.

你在一个信奉不可知论的家庭里长大，一直都无法信仰上帝。

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3. We were essentially agnostic about how and when political cohesion came about.

其实,我们并不想知道政治结合怎样实现,何时实现.

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4. An agnostic is a doubter.

不可知论者即是怀疑论者.

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5. Catholics are agnostic to the Protestant creeds.

天主教徒对于新教教义来说,是不可知论者.

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agnostic 实用场景例句

Vasari claimed with horror that he was, if not an atheist, then an agnostic.

瓦萨里惊恐地说他若非无神论者，就是不可知论者。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

You grew up in an agnostic household and have never been able to bring yourself to believe in God.

你在一个信奉不可知论的家庭里长大，一直都无法信仰上帝。

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I an agnostic; I do not pretend to know what many ignorant men is sure of.

我是个不可知论者; 我不假装知道许多无知的人以为知道的一清二楚的东西.

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National and international proposals to reform pay at regulated financial firms are similarly agnostic.

全国或全球范围内金融监管机构对改革薪酬的初衷基本都是“不可知”的.

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We were essentially agnostic about how and when political cohesion came about.

其实,我们并不想知道政治结合怎样实现,何时实现.

辞典例句

To find out the special agnostic criterions of cough variability asthma ( CVA ) through differential diagnosis.

目的通过对咳嗽变异型哮喘的鉴别诊断,找到诊断咳嗽变异型哮喘的特定诊断指标,对症治疗.

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Observatory, and an agnostic, best explained the atheism of many scientists.

同时也是一个不可知论者, 最好的解释了巫神论.

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Buddhism arose in India. It's the only agnostic world religion.

佛教产生自印度, 这是惟一的不可知论的世界宗教.

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An agnostic is a doubter.

不可知论者即是怀疑论者.

辞典例句

Implementation to be exception agnostic so that it can be used in environments without exceptions.

实现改为异常不可知的,以便可在无异常的环境中使用.

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The agnostic demanded proof before she would accept the statement of the minister.

不可知要求的证明之前,她将接受声明的部长.

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The past few years I've really become an agnostic.

过去几年来,我真可说成了一个不可知论者.

口语例句

However, in the case of SCM tools , this tool agnostic approach is somewhat to achieve.

当然, 对于配置管理工具而言, 不确定工具的方向是有点难以达到的.

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Catholics are agnostic to the Protestant creeds.

天主教徒对于新教教义来说,是不可知论者.

辞典例句

I am agnostic; I do not to know what many ignorant men are sure of.

者; 我不假装知道许多无知的人以为知道的一清二楚的东西.

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Agnostic: A person who believes that nothing can be known about God or life after death.

不可知论: 指相信上帝、神、回等现象是不可被认知的.

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He was agnostic about their listing location.

他对这些公司的上市地点没有发表看法.

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It is also GUI toolkit agnostic and portable.

它也有GUI工具包,很轻便.

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You grew up in an agnostic household and have never been able to bring yourself to believe in God.

你在一个信奉不可知论的家庭里长大，一直都无法信仰上帝。

辞典例句

Vasari claimed with horror that he was, if not an atheist, then an agnostic.

瓦萨里惊恐地说他若非无神论者，就是不可知论者。

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