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直接的,徑直的;直截了當的,直率的徑直地,直接地管理,指導,指揮

資料來源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Direct \Di*rect"\, a. (Political Science)
   Pertaining to, or effected immediately by, action of the
   people through their votes instead of through one or more
   representatives or delegates; as, direct nomination, direct
   legislation.

Demonstration \Dem`on*stra"tion\, n. [L. demonstratio: cf. F.
   d['e]monstration.]
   1. The act of demonstrating; an exhibition; proof;
      especially, proof beyond the possibility of doubt;
      indubitable evidence, to the senses or reason.

            Those intervening ideas which serve to show the
            agreement of any two others are called ``proofs;''
            and where agreement or disagreement is by this means
            plainly and clearly perceived, it is called
            demonstration.                        --Locke.

   2. An expression, as of the feelings, by outward signs; a
      manifestation; a show.

            Did your letters pierce the queen to any
            demonstration of grief?               --Shak.

            Loyal demonstrations toward the prince. --Prescott.

   3. (Anat.) The exhibition and explanation of a dissection or
      other anatomical preparation.

   4. (Mil.) a decisive exhibition of force, or a movement
      indicating an attack.

   5. (Logic) The act of proving by the syllogistic process, or
      the proof itself.

   6. (Math.) A course of reasoning showing that a certain
      result is a necessary consequence of assumed premises; --
      these premises being definitions, axioms, and previously
      established propositions.

   {Direct}, or {Positive}, {demonstration} (Logic & Math.), one
      in which the correct conclusion is the immediate sequence
      of reasoning from axiomatic or established premises; --
      opposed to

   {Indirect}, or {Negative}, {demonstration} (called also
      {reductio ad absurdum}), in which the correct conclusion
      is an inference from the demonstration that any other
      hypothesis must be incorrect.

Direct \Di*rect"\, a. [L. directus, p. p. of dirigere to direct:
   cf. F. direct. See {Dress}, and cf. {Dirge}.]
   1. Straight; not crooked, oblique, or circuitous; leading by
      the short or shortest way to a point or end; as, a direct
      line; direct means.

            What is direct to, what slides by, the question.
                                                  --Locke.

   2. Straightforward; not of crooked ways, or swerving from
      truth and openness; sincere; outspoken.

            Be even and direct with me.           --Shak.

   3. Immediate; express; plain; unambiguous.

            He nowhere, that I know, says it in direct words.
                                                  --Locke.

            A direct and avowed interference with elections.
                                                  --Hallam.

   4. In the line of descent; not collateral; as, a descendant
      in the direct line.

   5. (Astron.) In the direction of the general planetary
      motion, or from west to east; in the order of the signs;
      not retrograde; -- said of the motion of a celestial body.

   {Direct action}. (Mach.) See {Direct-acting}.

   {Direct discourse} (Gram.), the language of any one quoted
      without change in its form; as, he said ``I can not
      come;'' -- correlative to {indirect discourse}, in which
      there is change of form; as, he said that he could not
      come. They are often called respectively by their Latin
      names, {oratio directa}, and {oratio obliqua}.

   {Direct evidence} (Law), evidence which is positive or not
      inferential; -- opposed to {circumstantial, or indirect,
      evidence}. -- This distinction, however, is merely formal,
      since there is no direct evidence that is not
      circumstantial, or dependent on circumstances for its
      credibility. --Wharton.

   {Direct examination} (Law), the first examination of a
      witness in the orderly course, upon the merits. --Abbott.

   {Direct fire} (Mil.), fire, the direction of which is
      perpendicular to the line of troops or to the parapet
      aimed at.

   {Direct process} (Metal.), one which yields metal in working
      condition by a single process from the ore. --Knight.

   {Direct tax}, a tax assessed directly on lands, etc., and
      polls, distinguished from taxes on merchandise, or
      customs, and from excise.

Direct \Di*rect"\, v. i.
   To give direction; to point out a course; to act as guide.

         Wisdom is profitable to direct.          --Eccl. x. 10.

Direct \Di*rect"\, n. (Mus.)
   A character, thus [?], placed at the end of a staff on the
   line or space of the first note of the next staff, to apprise
   the performer of its situation. --Moore (Encyc. of Music).

Direct \Di*rect"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Directed}; p. pr. & vb.
   n. {Directing}.]
   1. To arrange in a direct or straight line, as against a
      mark, or towards a goal; to point; to aim; as, to direct
      an arrow or a piece of ordnance.

   2. To point out or show to (any one), as the direct or right
      course or way; to guide, as by pointing out the way; as,
      he directed me to the left-hand road.

            The Lord direct your into the love of God. --2
                                                  Thess. iii. 5.

            The next points to which I will direct your
            attention.                            --Lubbock.

   3. To determine the direction or course of; to cause to go on
      in a particular manner; to order in the way to a certain
      end; to regulate; to govern; as, to direct the affairs of
      a nation or the movements of an army.

            I will direct their work in truth.    --Is. lxi. 8.

   4. To point out to with authority; to instruct as a superior;
      to order; as, he directed them to go.

            I 'll first direct my men what they shall do.
                                                  --Shak.

   5. To put a direction or address upon; to mark with the name
      and residence of the person to whom anything is sent; to
      superscribe; as, to direct a letter.

   Syn: To guide; lead; conduct; dispose; manage; regulate;
        order; instruct; command.

資料來源 : WordNet®

direct
     adj 1: direct in spatial dimensions; proceeding without deviation
            or interruption; straight and short; "a direct route";
            "a direct flight"; "a direct hit" [ant: {indirect}]
     2: immediate or direct in bearing or force; having nothing
        intervening; "in direct sunlight"; "in direct contact with
        the voters"; "direct exposure to the disease"; "a direct
        link"; "the direct cause of the accident"
     3: extended senses; direct in means or manner or behavior or
        language or action; "a direct question"; "a direct
        response"; "a direct approach" [ant: {indirect}]
     4: in a straight unbroken line of descent from parent to child;
        "lineal ancestors"; "lineal heirs"; "a direct descendant
        of the king"; "direct heredity" [syn: {lineal}] [ant: {collateral}]
     5: moving from west to east on the celestial sphere; or--for
        planets--around the sun in the same direction as the Earth
        [ant: {retrograde}]
     6: similar in nature or effect or relation to  another
        quantity; "a term is in direct proportion to another term
        if it increases (or decreases) as the other increases (or
        decreases)" [ant: {inverse}]
     7: of a current flowing in one direction only; not alternating;
        "direct current" [ant: {alternating}]
     8: as an immediate result or consequence; "a direct result of
        the accident"
     9: in precisely the same words used by a writer or speaker; "a
        direct quotation"; "repeated their dialog verbatim" [syn:
        {verbatim}]
     10: effected directly by action of the voters rather than
         through elected representatives; "many people favor
         direct election of the President rather than election by
         the Electoral College"
     11: exact; "the direct opposite"

direct
     v 1: command with authority; "He directed the children to do
          their homework"
     2: intend (something) to move towards a certain goal; "He aimed
        his fists towards his opponent's face"; "criticism
        directed at her superior"; "direct your anger towards
        others, not towards yourself" [syn: {target}, {aim}, {place},
         {point}]
     3: guide the actors in (plays and films)
     4: be in charge of
     5: take somebody somewhere; "We lead him to our chief"; "can
        you take me to the main entrance?"; "He conducted us to
        the palace" [syn: {lead}, {take}, {conduct}, {guide}]
     6: cause to go somewhere; "The explosion sent the car flying in
        the air"; "She sent her children to camp"; "He directed
        all his energies into his dissertation" [syn: {send}]
     7: aim or direct at; as of blows, weapons, or objects such as
        photographic equipment; "Please don't aim at your little
        brother!"; "He trained his gun on the burglar"; "Don't
        train your camera on the women"; "Take a swipe at one's
        opponent" [syn: {aim}, {take}, {train}, {take aim}]
     8: lead, as in the performance of a composition; "conduct an
        orchestra; Bairenboim conducted the Chicago symphony for
        years" [syn: {conduct}, {lead}]
     9: give directions to; point somebody into a certain direction;
        "I directed them towards the town hall"
     10: specifically design a product, event, or activity for a
         certain public [syn: {calculate}, {aim}]
     11: direct the course; determine the direction of travelling
         [syn: {steer}, {maneuver}, {manoeuver}, {manoeuvre}, {point},
          {head}, {guide}, {channelize}, {channelise}]
     12: put an address on (an envelope, for example) [syn: {address}]
     13: plan and direct (a complex undertaking); "he masterminded
         the robbery" [syn: {mastermind}, {engineer}, {organize},
         {organise}, {orchestrate}]

direct
     adv : without deviation; "the path leads directly to the lake";
           "went direct to the office" [syn: {directly}, {straight}]