| 词汇 | hick |
| 释义 | hick noun[ C ] USinformaldisapprovinguk /hɪk/ us /hɪk/ a person from the countryside who is considered to be stupid and without experience: 乡巴佬，土包子 a hick town(= a small town which is a long way from a city)偏僻的小镇 Synonyms bumpkininformaldisapproving yokelusually humorous Compare yahoonouninformal Towns & regions: the countryside AONB Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty backcountry countrified countryman countrywoman cross-country greenfield greenfield site hillbilly hinterland land redneck rural rusticate rusticity stick upstate wild woodsy hick | American Dictionaryhick noun[ C ] disapprovingus/hɪk/ a person from a rural area who has little knowledge of culture and city life A hick town is a rural town with few attractions. Examples of hickhick Hick seems to underestimate the power of free will here. Hick says that when all suffering is attributable to the activity of a just providence, no room is left for genuine human compassion. Hick's theory entails both metaphysical and moral perfection. Hick argues that determinism, even in the guise of an explicit ' compatibilism ', incorporates an implicit self-contradiction. Hick doesn't define what is meant by a formal property, as opposed to a substantial property. Hick rejects this and allied objections to his formulation. Hick appeals to a series of familiar arguments that one might find in an introductory philosophy of mind textbook. Hick's theological proposal turns on a transformation of the ideal theoretical perspective into an independent and partial point of view. Hick's answer is that he does not know. Hick's practice is better than his theory, in that generally he does not stick to his unreasonable rules. Hick allows only for a later purification in other worlds in other ' spaces ', but not for previous lives in this world. Hick here simply seems to be begging the question. Hick leaves it as something of a mystery. Hick mainly accumulates arguments from history in order to strengthen his point. Hick goes on to address the commitment to naturalism that often operates as a backdrop to the interpretation of scientific studies. These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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