explanation 的詞源
explanation(n.)
"解釋的行爲; 賦予的意義或解釋",14世紀晚期, explanacioun,源自拉丁語 explanationem(主格 explanatio)"解釋,解釋",動作名詞,來自 explanare 的過去分詞詞幹"使明確或清晰,解釋",字面意思是"使平坦,變平",來自 ex "出"(參見 ex-)+ planus "平坦"(來自 PIE 詞根 *pele-(2)"平坦; 展開")。
An individual fact is said to be explained, by pointing out its cause, that is, by stating the law or laws of causation of which its production is an instance. Thus. a conflagration is explained, when it is proved to have arisen from a spark falling into the midst of a heap of combustibles. [J.S. Mill, "Logic"]
據說通過指出其原因,即陳述其產生的因果律,可以解釋一個個別事實,即其產生是一個實例。因此,當被證明一場大火是由火星落入可燃物堆中引起時,就可以解釋這場大火。[J.S. Mill, "Logic"]
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