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| Processed by: | richwarm (2013-10-16 03:11:56 GMT) |
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<< review queue entry 49528 - submitted by 'bubbha' >> 王小姐熱情投入許多活動，舉凡足球、籃球、羽毛球等等。 Most dictionaries seem to define this word as "without exception", but whenever I encounter it in the wild, it almost invariably means "for example" or "such as". ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Editor: Rewriting the definition after further consideration. 1) /such things as .../examples including ... (etc)/ - 舉凡菜園子裡的青蔥、蘿蔔，院子裡的雞、鴨，兩位阿媽都可以隨口說出謎語來。 Point to anything on the farm – green onions, radishes, chicken, or ducks – and these two old ladies will throw you a riddle about it. - 舉凡減少肉中脂肪含量、提高乳汁的品質與產量、加速家畜的生長率等等，都是基因轉殖動物的目標。 Among the goals in the first category are reducing the amount of fat in meat, raising the quality and production of dairy products, and increasing the growth rate of livestock. - 部分生物學家將人化約為龐大的基因組，認為人的一切都由基因主宰、決定。舉凡犯罪問題，同性、異性戀取向，甚至一天看幾個小時電視，都有生物學家將它和基因拉上關係。 Some biologists unconsciously think of humans as a big collection of genes, and feel that genes control everything in our lives, including criminal behavior and sexual orientation. There are even biologists who draw a connection between our genetic makeup and how many hours of television we watch per day. - 我喜歡看體育節目，舉凡足球、籃球、排球、游泳、田徑…… 2) /without exception/every/any/ - 实用主义的检验标准是：除了其他一切条件之外，举凡可以被采纳的理论必须在实践中行得通。 The pragmatic test is that in addition to everything else, an acceptable theory must actually work. - 举凡在1900年以前在美国做过某些事的人,都很容易被拍成电影……以他是先驱人士为其理由。 Anybody who did anything in America up to 1900 was liable to be made into a film... on the grounds of being a pioneer. - 举凡有意在这世上谋求生存者，必须具备三种难得的天资：掩饰感情、含糊其词、保留己见。 He that will live in this world must be endowed with the three rare qualities of dissimulation, equivocation, and mental reservation. |
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# 舉凡 举凡 [ju3 fan2] /for example/such as/without exception/ # Editor: - 舉凡 举凡 [ju3 fan2] /including/for example/such as/everything ranging from ... to .../ + 舉凡 举凡 [ju3 fan2] /such things as .../examples including ... (etc)/without exception/every/any/ |