Denominate

(v. t.) To give a name to; to characterize by an epithet; to entitle; to name; to designate.

(a.) Having a specific name or denomination; specified in the concrete as opposed to abstract; thus, 7 feet is a denominate quantity, while 7 is mere abstract quantity or number. See Compound number, under Compound.

编辑:摩尔

• He is apt to denominate, however, his whole gain, profit, and thus confounds rent with profit, at least in common language. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
• The whites could not toil without becoming degraded, and those who did were denominated poor white trash. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
• Prosperity is denominated ascent, and adversity descent. 戴维·休谟. 人性论.
• They were mostly drawn from that which, when such distinctions existed, was denominated the lower rank of society. 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.
• And laids, indeed, they were; being a set of four, denominated in the catalogue La vie d'une femme. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
• I did try, but was presently swept off the stool and denominated a little bungler. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 简·爱.
• Here the object, which is denominated beautiful, pleases only by its tendency to produce a certain effect. 戴维·休谟. 人性论.
• Perhaps no man ever existed whose life can, with more justice, be denominated useful. 本杰明·富兰克林. 富兰克林自传.

校对:莱利亚