1. 直线式:这些用语需然抽象,但如果我们要更真确地来描述信仰真理,我们必须采用辩证式的思考和辩证式的诉述方式,而非受西方科学主义所影响的理论式(theoretical),直线式(linear)的思考方式和叙述方式.
1. (过程或发展)线性的
A linear process or development is one in which something changes or progresses straight from one stage to another, and has a starting point and an ending point.
e.g. Her novel subverts the conventions of linear narrative. It has no neat chronology and no tidy denouement.
她的小说颠覆了线性叙事的传统,没有清晰的时间线索,也没有简单明了的结局。
e.g. ...the linear view of time, with the idea that the past is moving into the present and the present into the future.
线性的时间观,认为过去通向现在,现在通向未来。
2. 线构的;利用线条的
A linear shape or form consists of straight lines.
e.g. ...the sharp, linear designs of the Seventies and Eighties.
七八十年代轮廓清晰的线条设计
3. (运动或力)成一直线的,沿直线的
Linear movement or force occurs in a straight line rather than in a curve.
adj
1. of a circuit or device having an output that is proportional to the input
e.g. analogue device
linear amplifier
2. of or in or along or relating to a line
involving a single dimension
e.g. a linear measurement
Synonym: one-dimensional
3. designating or involving an equation whose terms are of the first degree
Synonym: additive
4. measured lengthwise
e.g. cost of lumber per running foot
Synonym: running(a)
5. (of a leaf shape) long and narrow
Synonym: elongate