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托馬斯·亨利·赫胥黎在1870年造出。源自古希臘語 ἄγνωστος (ágnōstos, 無知的,不知道的),或源自a- +‎ Gnostic,派生自古希臘語 ἀ- (a-, ) + γιγνώσκω (gignṓskō, 知道)

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agnostic (比較級 more agnostic最高級 most agnostic)

  1. 不可知論
    • 1889, Thomas Henry Huxley, Agnosticism[1]:
      In matters of the intellect do not pretend that conclusions are certain which are not demonstrated or demonstrable. That I take to be the agnostic faith, which if a man keep whole and undefiled, he shall not be ashamed to look the universe in the face, whatever the future may have in store for him.
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    His agnostic viewpoint is summarized in his book.
    他的不可知論觀點在著作中得到總結。
  2. 存在表示懷疑
    She left the church when she became agnostic.
    她開始懷疑神的存在後,便退出了教會。
  3. (計算機) 無關的,不依賴的,中立的,獨立
    The socket communications layer is agnostic with regard to its underlying transport mechanism -- it is “transport-agnostic”.
    套接字通信層與其底層的傳輸機制無關——它是“傳輸獨立”的。
  4. (一般與介詞短語連用) 對事情沒有堅定立場/意見的
    I'm agnostic on whether ethanol is a green fuel.
    我不清楚乙醇到底是不是綠色燃料。
    He says he's agnostic concerning the Secretary's claims.
    他說對於國務卿的聲明,他不知道如何評論。

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agnostic (複數 agnostics)

  1. 不可知論者
    • 1876年6月1日, Leslie Stephen, “An Agnostic's Apology”, 出自 The Forthnightly Review[2], 第 25/19 卷, 第 114 期,第 840 頁:
      The Agnostic is one who asserts—what no one denies—that there are limits to the sphere of human intelligence.
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    • 1953年11月3日, Bertrand Russell, “What is an Agnostic?”, 出自 Look[3]:
      An agnostic thinks it impossible to know the truth in matters such as God and the future life with which Christianity and other religions are concerned.
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    • 1985, Carl Sagan, Contact: a novel, New York: Simon and Schuster, →ISBN,第 175 頁:
      When I say I'm an agnostic, I only mean that the evidence isn't in. There isn't compelling evidence that God exists — at least your kind of god — and there isn't compelling evidence that he doesn't.
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源自法語 agnostique

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agnostic m (複數 agnostici)

  1. 不可知論者

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