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concordance

UK //kənˈkɔːdəns//US //kənˈkɔːrdəns//

词源

源自中古法语 'concordance',来自拉丁语 'concordantia',意为“一致”,由 'concordare'(一致)派生而来。

noun

❶ 指事物之间的一致性或和谐关系,常用于描述观点、数据或文本之间的匹配程度。

“There was a perfect concordance between the two sets of data.”

(两组数据之间完全一致。)

“The concordance of their opinions made the decision easy.”

(他们意见一致,使得决定变得容易。)

❶ 特指按字母顺序排列的词语索引,通常用于圣经或文学作品中,显示词语出现的所有位置。

“The scholar used a concordance to study the frequency of words in Shakespeare's plays.”

(这位学者使用词语索引来研究莎士比亚戏剧中词语的出现频率。)

“A biblical concordance helps locate specific passages in the Bible.”

(圣经词语索引帮助定位圣经中的具体段落。)

同义词:agreement, harmony, consistency, index, glossary

常见短语

in concordance with — 表示与某事物一致或符合,常用于正式或学术语境中。

“The results were in concordance with the initial hypothesis.”

(结果与最初的假设一致。)