empiricist
noun [ C ] uk/ɪmˈpɪr.ɪ.sɪst/ us/emˈpɪr.ə.sɪst/
经验主义者
a person who believes in using methods based on what is experienced or seen rather than on theory
The principal division among economists is between the empiricists and the theoreticians. 经济学家之间的主要分歧在于经验主义者和理论家之别。
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- To say the debate is between theorists and empiricists is to oversimplify.
- The mayor became an innovative pragmatist, an empiricist who leaned on new technologies to help dramatically reduce crime.
- Jung was an empiricist, and in that respect he was also a scientist.
empiricist
adjective uk/ɪmˈpɪr.ɪ.sɪst/ us/emˈpɪr.ə.sɪst/
经验主义的
believing in or using methods based on what is experienced or seen rather than on theory
The new administration is more flexible, more empiricist, more imaginative, and less ideologically driven. 新政府更灵活、更多采用经验主义方法、更富有想象力、而且较少受意识形态主导。
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- Her empiricist training left a mark - she comes over as someone who prefers facts to opinions.
- I am on the empiricist side of this debate.
- Empiricist thinkers recognized the link between metaphoric imagination and scientific induction.