2023年11月1日 星期三

conclusive evidence, jihad, infidel. "A mouse is miracle enough to stagger sextillions of infidels"


"A mouse is miracle enough to stagger sextillions of infidels" Leaves of Grass, Walt Whitman The mouse has become our experimental surrogate. It is the creature we turn to to do the experiments, so important in reaching an understanding of ourselves, that are either technically impossible or morally inconceivable in human subjects.

conclusive evidence

Evidence which is incontrovertible, that is to say, "either not open or not able to be questioned, as where it is said that a thing is conclusively proved, it means that such result follows from the facts shown as the only one possible." 21 So. 2d 878, 880.

The term contemplates degree of proof, and its meaning in a particular statute depends largely on its context and the intention of the legislature. 82 N.Y.S. 2d 577, 580.



To the United States, which had supported the Afghan resistance with billions of dollars in arms and ammunition, the Soviet retreat was the beginning of the end of the cold war and the birth of a new world order; to Bin Laden, who had supported the resistance with money, construction equipment and housing, it was an affirmation of Muslim power and an opportunity to recreate Islamic political power and topple infidel governments through jihad, or holy war.

infidel :無信仰者,不信神的人。

infidelity :無信仰;不信神:或因對信仰知識貧乏,或因對信仰故意排斥。

infidel

(ĭn'fĭ-dəl, -dĕl') pronunciation
n.
  1. Offensive. An unbeliever with respect to a particular religion, especially Christianity or Islam.
  2. One who has no religious beliefs.
  3. One who doubts or rejects a particular doctrine, system, or principle.

[Middle English infidele, from Old French, from Latin īnfidēlis, disloyal : in-, not; see in-1 + fidēlis, faithful (from fidēs, faith).]

[名]
1 ((古))信仰のない人, 不信心者;《宗教》(特定の信仰からみて)異教徒.
2 ((広義))教義・原理などを信じない[拒否する]人.
━━[形]
1 宗教心のない, 不信心な;異教徒の;反キリスト教的な.
2 不信心者的な.



ji·had je·had (jĭ-häd') pronunciation also
n.
  1. Islam. An individual's striving for spiritual self-perfection.
  2. Islam. A Muslim holy war or spiritual struggle against infidels.
  3. A crusade or struggle: "The war against smoking is turning into a jihad against people who smoke" (Fortune).

[Arabic jihād, from jahada, to strive.]


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