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theoreticians

UK //ˌθɪərəˈtɪʃənz//US //ˌθiːərəˈtɪʃənz//

词源

源自希腊语 'theōrētikos'(理论的),经由拉丁语 'theoreticus' 和法语 'théoricien' 演变而来,后缀 '-ian' 表示从事某类工作的人。

noun

❶ 指专门从事理论研究的人,尤其指在科学、数学或哲学等领域中构建理论框架的学者或专家。

“Theoreticians often work on abstract concepts that may later be tested by experimentalists.”

(理论家常研究抽象概念,这些概念之后可能由实验者验证。)

“Many theoreticians in physics spend their careers developing new mathematical models.”

(许多物理学理论家毕生致力于开发新的数学模型。)

同义词:theorist, thinker, philosopher

常见短语

armchair theoreticians — 指那些脱离实际、仅通过思考而非实践来构建理论的人,常带有贬义。

“The engineer dismissed the suggestions as coming from armchair theoreticians who had never built anything.”

(工程师认为这些建议来自从未实践过的空谈理论家。)