concordance

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  • Noun:
    a harmonious state of things in general and of their properties (as of colors and sounds); congruity of parts with one another and with the whole
    agreement of opinions
    an index of all main words in a book along with their immediate contexts

单词词源

concordance (n.)
late 14c., "alphabetical arrangement of all the words in a book" (especially the Bible), from Old French concordance (12c.) "agreement, harmony," from Late Latin concordantia, from concordantem (nominative concordans; see concord). Originally a citation of parallel passages. Literal meaning "fact of agreeing" attested in English from mid-15c.

双语例句

1. This move would not be in concordance with our original plan .
2. Letters and illustrations fill five books ; the sixth has commentaries , maps and indexes . It is all accessible , free , at ( the site provides a valuable concordance ) .
3. They then compared the " concordance " of identical twins ( in how many pairs both got or escaped cancer ) with the concordance in fraternal twins .
4. Engineering application indicates that the result of comprehensive evaluation is concordance with direct excavation detection , which proves the system of fuzzy comprehensive evaluation has applying value and reliability .
5. Documentation concordance and share of forage germplasm resources .

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