词汇 | demonic |
释义 | demonic adjective uk /dɪˈmɒn.ɪk/ us /dɪˈmɑː.nɪk/ wild and evil: 凶恶的,恶魔般的 He had a demonic (= cruel) gleam in his eye.他眼里闪出一道凶光。 Synonyms diabolical satanic Morally wrong and evil abhorrent abhorrently amoral amorality anomie dissolute dissolutely dissoluteness enormity evil nefariousness no goodidiom no more Mr Nice Guyidiom non-ethical obscene trespass turpitude unconscionable unconscionably unethical Related worddemonically Examples of demonicdemonic This condition is sometimes referred to as demonic (or chaotic) closure. The demonic makes better sense of this sorcery than does the divine. Some are creating -oating ethereal waltzes, others faster, demonic fairground waltzes, spinning through the music with alarming intent. Instead of these demonic visions of reason, we turn to the idea of bounded rationality. If the crimes of totalitarianism were as original and immense as she averred, then could they be anything other than demonic? They may also lead to the same social exclusionary practices that attributions to demonic possession produced in an earlier era. The curse motive is more like a demonic inversion of the ' bacio' theme. This corresponds to don't care or demonic nondeterminism. They were even attributed magical and demonic qualities. It combines aspects of both the demonic and angelic powerdomains. This interpretation may be responsible for the frequent dismissal of bounded rationality in favor of good old-fashioned demonic visions. Yet again we have an example of humans' ability to achieve near optimal levels of performance, exactly as the "demonic" theory of rational choice predicts. Liberalism is austere, people respond to tribal passions, every nation wrestles with its demonic urges. This is a truly demonic picture in the fascination it exercises and the memory it leaves upon the mind. But her use the term "demonic" might place them outside the realm of explanation and the march of worldly events. 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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