based on or in accordance with reason or logic 基于理性的,合理的,推理的 I'm sure there's a perfectly rational explanation. 我確信有完全合理的解釋。 ■(of a person) able to think clearly, sensibly, and logically (人)理性的,理智的;明事理的 Ursula's upset—she's not being very rational. 厄休拉煩躁不安——她現(xiàn)在不太理智。 ■endowed with the capacity to reason 富有理性的 man is a rational being. 人是理性動(dòng)物。
(Mathematics)(of a number, quantity, or expression) expressible, or containing quantities which are expressible, as a ratio of whole numbers. When expressed as a decimal, a rational number has a finite or recurring expansion (數(shù))有理的;有理數(shù)的
派生 rationality noun rationally adverb 語源
late Middle English (in the sense 'having the ability to reason'): from Latin rationalis, from ratio(n-) 'reckoning, reason' (see ratio)