| 词汇 | example_english_age-old |
| 释义 | Examples of age-oldThese 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. The age-old argument of the "poverty of stimulus" comes immediately to mind. This is a telling criticism only if we confuse the age-old debate about psychological egoism with the argument over evolutionary biology. But it was also involved in an age-old theoretical battle fought by rationalist, reformist and classicist critics. Reviews 593 age-old debates will carry on, insofar as the very issues at stake are still very much alive with us today. In fact, it provides the vocabulary to discuss the age-old opposition between the dominant language and the minority language. The new spiritual order was reinforced by recourse to age-old beliefs. It is the age-old mistake of selling rather than marketing. This is the notion that advances in neuroscience and neurophilosophy have finally solved the age-old mind-brain problem. Truths of this kind could end the age-old debate between descriptivists and prescriptivists - if only both sides would acknowledge them. The advances, which began in the latter half of the nineteenth century, overturned the age-old understanding of axiomatic treatments of a field of mathematical study. The age-old sense of expulsion, of not feeling comfortable, made it easier still. An assumed disruptive, as opposed to supportive, role of women in military life seems to stem from age-old misogynistic perspectives on female behaviour. Perhaps the restless quest to rediscover age-old communities is an integral element of the rootless experience of modernity. Of the age-old rural games only village cricket survived intact. In terms of domestic politics, he was a deregulator who tried to cut the age-old interest lines and reduce the number of overprotected quangos. Instead, they relied on age-old strategies either by prescribing safety rules and protocols or by personifying specific risks through stories or scenarios. This is an ancient term, to be sure, but one that describes an age-old dimension of the trust relationship on which the doctor-patient relationship depends. This attempted to make use of the age-old theory of divide and rule. The preceding discussion offers possible solutions to age-old questions. Globalization has not neutralized the age-old efficiency-equality trade-off. The role of age-old, stereotypical interpretative schemes is a feature the importance of which tended to be underestimated. This academic prototype of an online auction has the age-old institution of a fish market as the underlying model. This book is a useful addition to the literature, particularly for its attempt to link molecular plant breeding to an age-old problem. Three men take it in turns to sing while the women listen - which is a case of the age-old seductive power of song. Lives therefore seem connected to ancient patterns and age-old wisdom. 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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