radical
radical 英 [ˈrædɪkl] 美 [ˈrædɪkəl,'rædɪkḷ]
adj. 激进的;根本的;彻底的 n. 基础;激进分子;[物化] 原子团;[数] 根数
名词复数:radicals
- If something is considered extremist or very different from anything that has come before it, call it radical.
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- adj. 激进的;根本的;彻底的
- n. 基础;激进分子;[物化] 原子团;[数] 根数
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1. The government is putting through some radical social reforms.
政府正在实行某些彻底的社会改革。
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2. There does not seem any radical necessity why a good man should be a fool.
至于一个好人为什么应该是一个傻瓜,似乎没有任何根本的必要性。
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3. 'I have the strong feeling that we are at least keeping up with the significant radical organizations like al Qaeda, ' he says.
琼斯上将说,我有一种强烈的感觉,即我们至少能追踪到像“基地组织”这样重要激进组织的动向。
- radical (adj.) late 14c., in a medieval philosophical sense, from Late Latin radicalis "of or having roots," from Latin radix (genitive radicis) "root" (from PIE root *wrad- "branch, root"). Meaning "going to the origin, essential" is from 1650s. Radical sign in mathematics is from 1680s.
- radical (n.) 1630s, "root part of a word, from radical (adj.) Political sense from 1802; chemical sense from 1816.
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