paradigm

paradigm
[ˈparədʌɪm]
noun
  1. (technical)a typical example or pattern of something; a pattern or model
    (技)范例;模式
    there is a new paradigm for public art in this country.
    这个国家有一种新的公众艺术模式。
    ■a world view underlying the theories and methodology of a particular scientific subject
    范式
  2. a set of linguistics items that form mutually exclusive choices in particular syntactic roles
    纵聚合关系语言项。 常与 syntagm 相对
    English determiners form a paradigm: we can say ‘a book’ or ‘his book’ but not ‘a his book’.
    英语限定词之间是纵聚合关系:我们可以说a book或his book但不能说a his book 。
    ■(in the traditional grammar of Latin, Greek, and other inflected languages) a table of all the inflected forms of a particular verb, noun, or adjective, serving as a model for other words of the same conjugation or declension
    (拉丁语、希腊语和其他屈折语言传统语法中的)词形变化(表)
语源
  1. late 15th cent.: via late Latin from Greek paradeigma, from paradeiknunai 'show side by side', from para- 'beside' + deiknunai 'to show'
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