英语小点心：绝对的怎么说？

ab·so·lute\ˈab-sə-ˌlüt, ˌab-sə-ˈ\

adjective

: complete and total

: not limited in any way

: having unlimited power

Full Definition

1 a : free from imperfection : perfect <it is a most absolute and excellent horse — Shakespeare>

b : free or relatively free from mixture : pure <absolute alcohol>

c : outright, unmitigated <an absolute lie>

2 : being, governed by, or characteristic of a ruler or authority completely free from constitutional or other restraint <absolute power>

3 a : standing apart from a normal or usual syntactical relation with other words or sentence elements <the absolute construction this being the case in the sentence“this being the case, let us go”>

b of an adjective or possessive pronoun : standing alone without a modified substantive <blind in“help the blind”and ours in“your work and ours”are absolute>

c of a verb : having no object in the particular construction under consideration though normally transitive <kill in“if looks could kill”is an absolute verb>

4 :: having no restriction, exception, or qualification <an absolute requirement> <absolute freedom>

5 : positive, unquestionable <absolute proof>

6 a : independent of arbitrary standards of measurement

b : relating to or derived in the simplest manner from the fundamental units of length, mass, and time <absolute electric units>

c : relating to, measured on, or being a temperature scale based on absolute zero <absolute temperature>; specifically : kelvin <10°absolute>

7 : fundamental, ultimate <absolute knowledge>

8 : perfectly embodying the nature of a thing <absolute justice>

9 : being self-sufficient and free of external references or relationships <an absolute term in logic> <absolute music>

10 : being the true distance from an aircraft to the earth's surface <absolute altitude>

absolute noun

ab·so·lute·ness noun

Examples

You can't predict the future with absolute certainty.

I have absolute faith in her ability to get the job done.

He swore an oath of absolute secrecy.

Origin: Middle English absolut, from Anglo-French, from Latin absolutus, from past participle of absolvere to set free, absolve.

First use: 14th century

Synonyms: arbitrary, autocratic (also autocratical), czarist (also tsarist or tzarist), despotic, dictatorial, monocratic, tyrannical (also tyrannic), tyrannous

Antonyms: limited

英语小点心：绝对的怎么说？