参考词典中inwardness的常规释义:
基本释义
- n. 本质,深意;灵性;思想的深度,诚挚
英英解释
4个名词解释
- the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience
[同] core, essence, gist, heart, heart and soul, inwardness, kernel, center, marrow, meat, nitty-gritty, nub, pith, substance, sum
[例]- the gist of the prosecutor's argument
- the heart and soul of the Republican Party
- the nub of the story
- preoccupation especially with one's attitudes and ethical or ideological values
[反] outwardness
[例]- the sensitiveness of James's characters, their seeming inwardness
- Socrates' inwardness, integrity, and inquisitiveness
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- the quality or state of being inward or internal
[反] externality, outwardness
[例]- the inwardness of the body's organs
- preoccupation with what concerns human inner nature (especially ethical or ideological values)
[反] outwardness
[例]- Socrates' inwardness, integrity, and inquisitiveness
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