metaphysics

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metaphysics — 名詞

1. the field of philosophy that investigates the most basic questions about reality

1.名詞C1
釋義

形上學

探討存在、現實與知識本質的哲學分支

the field of philosophy that investigates the most basic questions about reality, what truly exists, and the nature of knowledge itself — for example, whether time is real, whether people have free will, or what it means for something to exist at all.

例句

Noa's interest in metaphysics grew after her class debated whether time is real or just a mental construct.

Noa 在課堂上討論「時間是真實存在，還是只是一種心靈建構」之後，對形上學產生了濃厚的興趣。

uncountable noun; used without an article

Kemi struggled with the lecture on causality, especially the idea that every event might already be determined.

Kemi 對於因果關係的課程感到吃力，尤其是「每個事件可能早已被決定」這個想法。

metaphysics as a subject of study / lecture

文法句型

metaphysics of [something]

in metaphysics

用法筆記

Usually used without an article (not 'a metaphysics' or 'the metaphysics'), though 'the metaphysics of [topic]' is common when specifying a sub-area such as the metaphysics of time or the metaphysics of morality.

常見錯誤

❌Metaphysics are a difficult subject.
✅Metaphysics is a difficult subject.
💡metaphysics is uncountable and takes a singular verb.
❌She wrote a metaphysics.
✅She wrote a book on metaphysics.
💡metaphysics itself cannot be 'a' anything; use 'a study of metaphysics' or 'a book on metaphysics'.