• adj. 经验主义的，完全根据经验的；实证的

em-, 进入，使。-pir, 尝试，冒险，词源同pirate, expert.字面意思即尝试过的，有经验的。

empirical

empirical: [16] Despite their formal resemblance, empirical and empire are completely unrelated. Empirical comes ultimately from the Greek adjective émpeiros ‘skilled or experienced in’, a compound formed from the prefix en- ‘in’ and peira ‘attempt, trial’ (a relative of English expert, peril, pirate, and repertory). From this were derived successively the noun empeiría ‘experience’ and empeirikós, which English acquired via Latin empiricus.
=> expert, peril, pirate, repertory

empirical (adj.)

1560s, originally in medicine, "pertaining to or derived from experience or experiments," from empiric + -al (1). In a general sense of "guided by mere experience" from 1757. Related: Empirically (1640s as "by means of observation and experiment").

1. The empirical evidence considered here is subject to many qualifications.

此处提及的实验证据有诸多限制条件。

来自柯林斯例句

2. We now have empirical evidence that the moon is covered with dust.

现在我们有实践经验证明月球上布满了灰尘.

来自《简明英汉词典》

3. Much of her work is speculative, based on psychoanalytic theory rather than empirical data.

她的著作中有相当一部分内容是推测性的，建立在精神分析理论之上而缺乏来自实际经验的数据。

来自柯林斯例句

4. There is no empirical evidence to support his thesis.

他的论文缺乏实验证据的支持。

来自辞典例句

5. Empirical observation says that it is rarely a problem for users.

但经验显示,这对用户来说通常不是问题.

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