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词汇 agnostic
释义 agnostic
noun[ C ]
uk /æɡˈnɒs.tɪk/ us /æɡˈnɑː.stɪk/
someone who does not know, or believes that it is impossible to know, if a god exists: 不可知论者(对神存在与否不能肯定或认为不可知)
Although he was raised a Catholic, he was an agnostic for most of his adult life.他虽然从小接受的是天主教教育,但成年后基本上是个不可知论者。
The group includes atheists and agnostics as well as religious believers.
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atheistnoun
someone who does not know or does not have an opinion about whether something is true, good, correct, etc.:
He claims to be an agnostic on the question of man-made global warming.
I am an agnostic when it comes to his art and its merits.
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Religious people: believers & non-believers
anti-evolution
anti-evolutionary
anti-evolutionist
anti-humanist
antichrist
converted
deist
evolutionist
faithful
faithless
irreligiously
libertine
monotheist
mystic
secular humanist
secularist
the laity
theist
theistic
unbelief

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Opinions, beliefs and points of view
agnostic
adjective
uk /æɡˈnɒs.tɪk/ us /æɡˈnɑː.stɪk/

agnosticadjective (NOT KNOWING)


having the belief that it is not possible to know whether god exists: 不可知论的
Whether we are religious, atheist, or agnostic, there are some moral values we all share.
He is agnostic on the existence of God.
not knowing or not having an opinion about whether something is true, good, correct, etc.:
She remained agnostic on the question of whether to join the war.
We could never be agnostic about the virtues of political freedom.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Religious beliefs & atheistic beliefs
agnosticism
Anglicanism
animist
anti-Catholic
anti-Catholicism
doctrinal
fetishistic
heretical
heretically
humanism
humanistic
humanistically
mysticism
orthodoxy
religiously
scriptural
scripturally
superstitiously
theodicy
theologically

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Opinions, beliefs and points of view

agnosticadjective (COMPUTING)


computing specialized
relating to hardware or software that can be used with many different types of platform(= system)(硬件和软件)跨平台的,适用不同平台的
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Computer hardware
3-D printer
active matrix
alt-
associative memory
backlight
Bluetooth
chip
console
flat screen
joypad
microcomputer
multi-client
multitasker
netbook
non-mobile
number pad
plug and play
trackball
underscore
VDT

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Computer programming & software

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agnosticism

agnostic | American Dictionary


agnostic
noun[ C ]
us/æɡˈnɑs·tɪk/
someone who believes that it is impossible to know whether or not God exists

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The whole staff could be agnostics, but the act of worship must go on.
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We are agnostics, or atheists, non-religious and so forth.
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I want to uphold the right of agnostics to have a state of mind equal to that of conscience or of religious belief.
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Will humanists, agnostics, and atheists be permitted to own such stations?
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Perhaps there is some kind of agnostics' or atheists' club.
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The pamphlet goes on to speak of agnostics and indifferentists.
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In his version of democracy, there is no room for dissidents, different religions, agnostics or political opponents.
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He referred to the great religions and to those who did not belong to any religion at all, be they atheists or agnostics.
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Whether we are humanists, agnostics or religious, the moment of death should so far as possible be invested with dignity.
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I would refer only to the great difficulty that agnostics have now in adopting a child.
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Out of the 46,375, there were only 12 humanists, agnostics and atheists.
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I note a bias against the belief, the rulings of the faith held by the majority, in favour of the agnostics' idolisation of materialism.
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My experience of life shows me that many agnostics, atheists and humanists are often more tolerant than religious people.
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In many cases it is given by agnostics, humanists, and so on.
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They were complete agnostics; they did not know whether it was a revelation or not.
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